Susan Bruce (@susanbruce409) 's Twitter Profile
Susan Bruce

@susanbruce409

English Lit Prof. Likes: Eng Lit (obvs.) conservation, sea, marine mammals, Humanities. Exec member @CDBUni Tweets in personal not professional capacity.

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calendar_today07-10-2021 13:52:20

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Sara Wahedi (@sarawahedi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As of today, this is how women must dress in Afghanistan, according to the Taliban's Supreme Leader. The following rules are now in effect: The full face must be coveredโ€”no hands, nothing visible. The black veil was presented as a "recommendation" a year ago, now it is the law.

As of today, this is how women must dress in Afghanistan, according to the Taliban's Supreme Leader.

The following rules are now in effect: The full face must be coveredโ€”no hands, nothing visible. The black veil was presented as a "recommendation" a year ago, now it is the law.
Malaka (@malakashwaikh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In just 39 days, it will be October again. Our loved ones in Gaza have been going through all forms of pain for almost a year now. Too many lives lost. Our homes destroyed. Sources of living destroyed. Lives destroyed. We are unable to pause or grieve our collective loss.

Philippe Lazzarini (@unlazzarini) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very sad. World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that a 10-month-old baby in #Gaza is now paralysed due to #Polio. The first case in more than 25 years. Polio will not make the distinction between Palestinian & Israeli children. Delaying a humanitarian pause will increase the risk of spread among

Jan Egeland (@nrc_egeland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Israeli bombing has claimed more aid worker lives in just three months last year in Gaza, than in all other global wars combined across the whole of 2023. 7/8

Lindsey Hilsum (@lindseyhilsum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to finish medical degrees denied under Taliban - proving it's possible to help Afghan women study abroad. Meanwhile the British government has suspended Chevening scholarships for Afghans. theguardian.com/uk-news/articlโ€ฆ

Simon Schama (@simon_schama) 's Twitter Profile Photo

gender slavery, femophobia, stomach-turning tyranny. Remember those suited spokesmen who argued so fiercely after Kabul fell that this was the "new" Taliban? I hope they shrivel in shame and are windblown away in dust.

Susie Dent (@susie_dent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Word of the day is โ€˜kuchisabishiiโ€™, from Japanese: boredom eating, or the making of frequent visits to the fridge in the hope of finding something new to munch on. Its literal translation is โ€˜lonely mouthโ€™.

New-Cleckit Dominie (@ncdominie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today's prize for on-brand academic behaviour goes to the School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow, for disguising their building as a chalkboard. (I'm informed that the elements were collected from working chalkboards in staff offices.)

Today's prize for on-brand academic behaviour goes to the School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow, for disguising  their building as a chalkboard.

(I'm informed that the elements were collected from working chalkboards  in staff offices.)