Not enough kindness in this virtual place any more. I have used it mainly to advocate for human rights around the world, esp. in Iran. But the platform is no longer fit for purpose, aggression has risen, and the scales have tipped in the costs-benefits analysis. So long folks!

@sallymub Not all Classicists, I sincerely hope! Can you give some refs to show where this is happening? I haven't seen anything (except some tweets re Arch of Titus, n.b. not tweeted by Classicists), but maybe I'm out of the loop.

@MalakaShwaikh I am so sorry Malaka - I have been thinking of you and your family all week, hoping they would remain safe. I can't begin to imagine what you and they are going through.

RT @hrw: “Ordering a million people in Gaza to evacuate, when there’s no safe place to go, is not an effective warning... World leaders sho…

RT @Save_GlobalNews: "We are extremely worried by Israeli military orders to evacuate 1 million people out of northern #Gaza in 24 hours wh…

RT @im_PULSE: My friend Daniel Levy used to be an advisor to the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. In an interview with the BBC, he calls…

RT @RWorkloads: This is a significant part of the #AcademicWorkload problem. Academic lives are no longer the ones senior managers experie…

RT @LouCalvey: Truly staggering profits being made by private providers out of the Tories punishing asylum system. No wonder government a…

Thankful today for Claudia Goldin @PikaGoldin, and hoping that her Nobel Prize for Economics will prompt employers to take more radical action in future to close the gender pay gap, especially by supporting women who take time out to be primary carers for their children. 🙏

RT @CarolineLucas: Powerful from Jan Egeland - cutting off food, electricity & fuel from 2.4m people c. half under 15yrs old is unconsciona…

RT @UN: In conflict, civilians always pay the highest price. War is not the answer. We need peace.

Looking forward to this @univofstandrews and @YoungAcademySco #ResponsibleDebate on Oct 30th, hosted by @EthicsCup coordinator Ben Sachs. Free entry, but book ahead!

RT @DrWaheedArian: The flare-up of conflict in the Middle East is so tragic. It's very heartbreaking to see innocent civilians lose their l…

RT @freenargesmhmd: Today, Narges called her father and joyfully said, "Yesterday was one of the best and most glorious days in prison for…

RT @FreeAnoosheh: #NobelPeacePrize2023 couldn’t have been awarded to anyone worthier than @UnitedForNarges for her brave & continuous fight…

RT @Lazbotron: 👻 ! 👻 ! 👻 ! Happy Ghosts Day ! 👻 ! 👻 ! 👻 All new #BBCGhosts - the final series - starts tonight at 8:30pm on @BBCOne and…

RT @IAmAnaDiamond: It’s not everyday that you can claim to have met & stayed (in prison) with a @NobelPrize winner, but it has now happened…

RT @mikegalsworthy: Dear @michelledonelan - As Science Minister, I think you owe the UK science community an apology for this nasty propag…

RT @SangitaMyska: There is no hurricane of immigrants, as Home Secretary Suella Braverman claims. There is a hurricane of lies emanating…

RT @lindseyhilsum: The story of how Alphonse lost his feet after he was deported from #Tunisia to #Algeria is truly shocking. Yet European…