And this is how authoritarianism can work in somewhere as seemigly liberal as the UK.
People are forced out, either by their own morals or by the 'morals' of their bosses.
And as a result, those institutions slowly, almost imperceptibly, evolve away from ethical values that we assumed they had.
To all my colleagues still using X: is this not enough evidence that you must stop using it?
No tragedy should be exploited to justify racist violence. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their home and neighbourhood.
Our thoughts are with everyone affected by Monday's horrific stabbing, and with the migrant, refugee and minoritised communities targeted by the subsequent violence in Belfast.
Refugee Action
Dr Duncan Robertson
X owner Elon Musk has reposted his Sept 2025 call that pre-emptive inter-ethnic violence (civil war) is necessary for 'self-defence
"Elon Musk was always right
"You either fight back, or you die."
When Dorothy Bishop resigned from Royal Society , I voiced support for her on my personal social media - I was told by the BBC that I should not have done this as Monkey Cage sometimes worked with the Royal Society
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Lots has happened in the last 10 days in Trump's America that you might have missed.
I cover just some of those things in this 10 minute round up inc attacks on civil rights, science and press freedom.
youtu.be/xLGH1vWaJE4
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences
@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
Robin Ince
Video
👇 this!
Prof Christina Pagel
Will Farage, Musk etc be condemning white people in general for the actions of this violent white person, and advocating rage or violence in response? Will the BBC be laundering their 'legitimate concerns' about those white folks?
There have been far too many brutal murders in Northern Ireland over the years. I knew some of the victims when I was growing up there. Many have had clear motivations: toxic misogyny and religious hatred. I'm still waiting to hear the calls on X for action against those perpetrators.
Ben Goldsborough MP
Saul Staniforth
Relatives of Stephen Ogilvie say unrest is unwelcome and that many migrants make valuable contribution to UK
The family of the victim of the Belfast knife attack have called for calm after riots erupted across the city.
Stephen Ogilvie is in hospital having lost his left eye in the attack, footage of which was shared widely on social media late on Monday evening and through the day on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Another fantastic preprint on BA.3.2's propensity for children, this time from Yunlong Cao & co.
They not only confirm David Ho's lab findings (that kids have ~0 Ab response to BA.3.2) but dig into the details of exactly why kids are so vulnerable to BA.3.2.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Martin McKee
Steve Peers
The ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 is heavily constrained by population-level immune imprinting. Recent genomic surveillance reveals an unexpected demographic shift: the highly mutated BA.3.2.2 subli...
