People deserve the chance to move on from their past.
Lynn Ruane’s Spent Convictions Bill would give people a real second chance to work, volunteer and rebuild their lives.
Because people shouldn’t be defined forever by mistakes they’ve already paid for.
“Never has solidarity been more important from feminist-queer-decolonial perspective: solidarity across different political traditions, among those trying to resist new and old forms of fascism and across axes of obliterative oppression.”
journals.sagepub.com/page/fty/cal...
Endless rain... roll on end of February
Some sense at last - Ban on the direct action group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws was disproportionate and unlawful.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Same - two near misses this morning, in equally fetching gear.
And of course the inestimable @drhannahgraham.bsky.social!!!
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Comparing Penal Supervision project team meeting @Strathclyde University into the final year of a three year project across five nations
Comparing Penal Supervision team meeting @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. In the final year of a three-year project exploring probation across five nations @bethweaver.bsky.social Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt, Jan Flaherty @jakephillips.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social
“Never mind Manufacturing Consent – have a read of Not Giving A Shit About Consent.”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/03/jeffrey-epstein-powerful-men-women-girls?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Why probation officers quit - or stick it out
New research by @Nicola Carr, Harry Annison, Lol Burke Matt Millings & Gwen Robinson looks at the complex reasons why people leave or stay working in the probation service
www.russellwebster.com/why-probatio...
#AcademicSky #Criminology #CriminologyResearchandTeaching #Crimsky
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
It has been deeply surreal to be trying to fight this occupation while also doing my usual job, parenting, etc. Just describing the basic facts sounds unreal. Really appreciate this clarity about what's happening in Mpls and how much worse it might get from the NYT today.
I tried to turn my rage yesterday into something that brings us some light. For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about how 2020 prepared Minneapolis for the current crisis of Trump's DHS. newrepublic.com/article/2050...
This is spot on: Life Under a Clicktatorship, What happens to government when everything is content?
Slán 2025 agus Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Daoibh
Chasing sunlight in the winter fields
Hard to see how anyone can continue to support this barbaric practice.
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin oppose Bill to ban fox hunting
www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
Gorgeous!
Community Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, they remain underutilised. This article with Niamh Maguire explores why: www.pbni.org.uk/publication/...
Winter light
Fantastic documentary.
Some lessons from Probation Service reform www.russellwebster.com/lessons-from... might be of interest to @probinst2.bsky.social @nicolacarr.bsky.social @matthew-millings.bsky.social @demos-uk.bsky.social @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Looking forward to this
An Irish hero.
Seems appropriate to post the final chapter of Irish Women’s Speeches @ucdpress.bsky.social today. Powerful speech by @catherinegalway.bsky.social on the Mother & Baby home report Jan 2021.
