Yesterday was genuinely one of the most incredible and empowering days I’ve been privileged enough to experience - marching for a people’s vote with the one and only @hillarygyebi alongside For our Future's Sake Our Future, Our Choice and Open Britain was dreamy!

Tonight at Bristol SU we hosted a panel on being black and politically active with an incred panel of @CllrAsherCraig, Nero Ughwujabo, @shibis14, @fopeolaleye and Desmond Brown. Thanks so much to all our guests and to @hillarygyebi for being an incred chair!

Students at a top UK university are reporting a 'rise in racial aggression' on campus independent.co.uk/news/education…

📢 RESULT Hillary Gyebi-Ababio has been elected as NUS Vice President Higher Education at NUS National Conference. Congratulations @hillarygyebi! 🎉 More to follow #NUSNC2020

So done with the UK benefits system meaning that as a disabled person I can’t move in with my girlfriend without losing most of my financial security. Why do we expect partners to pay for everything? Why aren’t I allowed any financial independence?

Transgender healthcare in the UK is in crisis and people of colour are at the sharpest end gal-dem.com/trans-healthca…

In light of the disgraceful slur upon UCU members yesterday, I want to pay tribute to the entire university workforce. Those working in estates, administration, student support and countless other areas deserve so much better than the leadership we have right now #OneOfUsAllOfUs

“There is no sign of the mangroves that, after a decade of growth, should be close to maturity. An on-the-ground study published in 2020 found that fewer than 2 percent of them had survived. The other 98 percent had died or were washed away.” e360.yale.edu/features/phant…

Resisting biometric surviellance: back to basics, a 🧵 ‘Biometrics’ are human characteristics that are unique to specific individuals. These traits can be physiological or behavioral, e.g. fingerprints, DNA profiles and - of course - your face 🧐

Bills facing the new PM. Will he pick them up — or throw them out? New post, free to read rozenberg.substack.com/p/bills-for-th…

Here's a thread (from my new article) about Audre Lorde's concept of "the erotic", which is hugely significant for many ppl but also tantalizingly hard to define & describe. I'm pretty excited to share this work!

The world needs a treaty on #KillerRobots - autonomous weapons systems that could, by themselves, target & attack human beings. Unfortunately, current talks have been going nowhere. Going nowhere since 2014, in fact. Meanwhile, arms developers have been working away…

New paper in Science today on playing the classic negotiation game "Diplomacy" at a human level, by connecting language models with strategic reasoning! Our agent engages in intense and lengthy dialogues to persuade other players to follow its plans. This was really hard! 1/5

As many as five million Indigenous Americans were enslaved between the 16th and 19th centuries. Axios reports on Native Bound Unbound, a massive new digital humanities project that will uncover their stories: bit.ly/3UUlmi6 #MellonGrant

🙌 THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK HAS HIT IRELAND WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS. 🙌 The Irish Findings are as follows: • 100% of the companies involved are continuing with the 4-Day work week ➡ • 85% of companies which reported data on revenue reported growth in revenue 📈 (1/X)

Hannah Arendt's shopping lists for entertaining Champagne Flowers Grand Marnier Dubonnet Jack Daniels Sherry Riesling White Wine Campari Cheese-puffs Ham Doughnuts Tiparillo cigars

Now that we're getting to the end of the year, it's worth looking at the toll of the 'mild & acceptable' illness that COVID is hailed as by many. Here's a thread of measurable toll in the UK in 2022 since omicron - considered the 'mild' variant of COVID spread. 🧵