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Toby Green

@toby00green

Historian of West Africa & Covid. Reluctant writer on inequality, past & present. Teacher. Reader. Gardener. Archive of work on Covid-19 in link below bio.

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The percentage of students with good attendance fell sharply between 2019 and 2023, while the share of chronically absent students more than doubled, offering further evidence of the pandemic’s shattering effect on the nation’s classrooms buff.ly/9mHMMKI

The percentage of students with good attendance fell sharply between 2019 and 2023, while the share of chronically absent students more than doubled, offering further evidence of the pandemic’s shattering effect on the nation’s classrooms buff.ly/9mHMMKI
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During Covid, I listened from Vienna to Toby Green's interviews and podcasts as a voice from heaven, i.e. coming from a place (the UK) where Covid policies were being debated at least some - not least thanks to him, actually! So my pleasure at discussing with him now cannot be

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Today marks the World Day Against Child Labour. Let us work together to eliminate every form of child exploitation for the benefit and profit of others.

Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Watch to the very end when they tell the senator’s staffer there’s no recording allowed, as they drive him to the ground after physically removing him from a press conference. Yes, their position is that there is no recording allowed at a press event

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It really is remarkable and remarkably depressing how so many people believe their own side's propaganda and shout about the propaganda of their opponents/enemies. Many delusions about the human condition on show here, and more and more with each new crisis.

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As florestas sagradas e comunitárias, são fontes de saberes, de terapias, de economias e de alternativas a modos de vida mais saudáveis gerando maior funcionalidade de modelos de governança local e participativa.

As florestas sagradas e comunitárias, são fontes de saberes, de terapias, de economias e de alternativas a modos de vida mais saudáveis gerando maior funcionalidade de modelos de governança local e participativa.
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Airbnb defenders like to pretend the only issue is housing costs when there’s also the fact that quiet apartment buildings are turned into informal hotels with anti-social behavior like this at all hours of the day and night.

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Helpless as we might feel, we can make clear there is another path. We Israelis and Iranians are not fated to be enemies. Before this war creates a bigger pile of dead bodies on both sides, we must demand its end | Opinion | Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی haaretz.com/opinion/2025-0…

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🚨BREAKING: PM Netanyahu says if the US helps Israel assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader it will “help end the conflict,” and “makes the Middle East great again.”

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Every year, tens of thousands of migrants set off to Europe from Africa in fragile wooden boats. There’s growing evidence that these perilous journeys are marred by horrific crimes. Read the full investigation 👇 ow.ly/iaCF50Wasgv

Every year, tens of thousands of migrants set off to Europe from Africa in fragile wooden boats.

There’s growing evidence that these perilous journeys are marred by horrific crimes.

Read the full investigation 👇

ow.ly/iaCF50Wasgv
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Between May 27 and June 16, 2025—a span of 21 days—at least 338 Palestinians have been reported to be killed at or near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution site. That’s an average of 16 human beings every day. In a process that’s supposed to be *saving* lives…

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Just remembering this beautiful concert in 2017: Manecas Costa, Tony Dudu, and Ibrahima Galissa youtube.com/watch?v=Hif_Kp… Irmons do Tchon/da Terra Funded by The British Academy

Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD (@araujohistorian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The end of African studies in the United States. In addition to the freeze of international student visas, of the possible 36 countries to be added to the travel ban are the following African countries: Angola, Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic

Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD (@araujohistorian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Muriel Blaive, PhD Toby Green European and Slavic studies are not under threat in the USA, never have been, and Europeans were never banned either, so the comparison with African studies and African academics being denied entry here doesn't work Muriel...

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BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)

BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying.

Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt.

Here's what 4 months of data revealed:

(hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)
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It's out! The Heretic of Cacheu was published a week ago penguin.co.uk/books/453870/t… The urgency of understanding that multifaith and multiethnic societies are historical norms is immense. Historical cases as discussed here are an important part of that. Tks Penguin Books UK

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Congratulations to former British Academy Book Prize winner Toby Green FBA on the release of The Heretic of Cacheu. A powerful history of the global slave trade, told through the life of one woman: Crispina Peres. Out now from Penguin Books UK 👉 buff.ly/e7yfl7p

Congratulations to former British Academy Book Prize winner <a href="/toby00green/">Toby Green</a> FBA on the release of The Heretic of Cacheu.

A powerful history of the global slave trade, told through the life of one woman: Crispina Peres.

Out now from <a href="/PenguinUKBooks/">Penguin Books UK</a> 👉 buff.ly/e7yfl7p