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Birgitta Haga Gripsrud

@birgittahg

(Slow) Professor of health humanities & psychosocial studies, Stavanger, Norway. Pining for a caring future and the sea.

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πŸ‘€ on Minneapolis. β™₯️ for Minneapolis.

25.01.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel you. β™₯️ Thank god that there are witnesses to these atrocities and that they are calling them out. Very very frightening and traumatizing The world needs to know.

25.01.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The latest on ICE in Minnesota Live updates on ICE enforcement in Minnesota, with the latest developments and links to deeper reporting as events unfold.
25.01.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Speechless. πŸ’”

25.01.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

17.01.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 6413 πŸ” 1888 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 74
Google forms chart - 
Are you interested in further action?
- connect me to others at my institution who have signed this letter 839 (43.5%)
- get in touch with me about helping organize further actions - 618 (32.1%)
- get in touch with me to let me know about further actions - 1501 (77.9%)
- please do not contact me - 245 (12.7%)

Google forms chart - Are you interested in further action? - connect me to others at my institution who have signed this letter 839 (43.5%) - get in touch with me about helping organize further actions - 618 (32.1%) - get in touch with me to let me know about further actions - 1501 (77.9%) - please do not contact me - 245 (12.7%)

Academics (and others!) want to fight back against the attacks on higher education and democracy (and diversity and civil rights and trans people and immigrants and and and...).

Our letter is at bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd and is designed so that ANYONE can sign.

There are other letters - thread

24.03.2025 15:36 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6
Robert Reich (@rbreich@masto.ai) The One Tool Every Dictator Uses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ2fGBM3750&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Why tyrants despise education/why education matters to democracy

23.03.2025 08:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😒😒

10.03.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

β€”FDR, 1937

04.03.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 17141 πŸ” 4663 πŸ’¬ 232 πŸ“Œ 128
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Γ… bekjempe fascismen – pΓ₯ gata og pΓ₯ data - Kulturplattformen TBA KOMMENTAR: Om nettet er blitt en gladiatorarena, holder det ikke med silkehansker. Kampen mΓ₯ i...

Hva mΓ₯ vi gjΓΈre, nΓ₯r vi mΓ₯ ut og slΓ₯ss for demokratiet vΓ₯rt?

En begynnelse pΓ₯ Γ₯ finne noen svar.

01.03.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Searching for #containment. I guess a few of us could do with dropping a Bion restore or transit

21.02.2025 19:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Journal of Psychosocial Studies invites submissions for a special section dedicated to examining the ongoing political crisis marked by the results of the elections in the USA, and the rise of populism and authoritarianism across the USA and Europe.

12.02.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sun, Sea - Moon, Sea @The Hope

13.02.2025 08:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t let the sharks get at you.

01.02.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The legendary Norwegian cartoonist Finn Graff foresaw what would happen today. This is his cartoon on Saturday

20.01.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
Dr Strangelove  (1964): Mein fuhrer!
Dr Strangelove (1964): Mein fuhrer! YouTube video by UNC Russia & East Europe

youtu.be/xzDghgVSGCw

21.01.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In their new APA Journals Article Spotlight, Drs. Bruno Biagianti and @birgittahg.bsky.social explore the intersection of psychoanalytic theories of #breastfeeding and emotion self-regulation. Read it here: bit.ly/3W2QO0z

15.01.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If ever there was a theme more appropriate for our time…

29.11.2024 15:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0