As a thought experiment, imagine what the reaction would be if universities paid a security firm to monitor “gender critical” groups. The “free speech czar” Arif Ahmed would be all over it and Toby Young would be issuing press releases
No money for jobs. Plenty of money for spying.
Many of the 12 universities who paid private intelligence to spy on pro-Palestine activists are forcing through major job cuts.
@drjogrady.bsky.social it's "shameful", universities have "wasted hundreds of thousands spying on their own students"
Tuesday Kaschk 9pm Near Rosa Luxemburg u-bahn Telekommunisten Stammtisch
So, I was kinda joking, but in fact I didn't post to social media since last week, so I should post more, but it's true, meeting in person is more fun, so come.
Another big L for America's dictator
The decision to repeatedly deploy 250+ cops armed with PAVA spray, tasers, batons, horses, and dogs to force through a group of 30-40 fascists against hundreds of counterprotestors has to be understood not just as the cops "protecting" the fash but actively behaving as their enforcers.
🧵 and comments both worth a read.
#SomeGoodNews from the (good) IEA
All factual information sadly 😳😳😡🤬
Worth a read.
We all know Trump lies about everything ceaselessly and with impunity, but this is especially galling since it's been so obviously false for decades and because it's so dangerous to the entire planet.
#climatechange
#climate
"Some of today's far right is openly violent and undemocratic..."
ALL OF THE FAR RIGHT IS VIOLENT AND UNDEMOCRATIC, THATS WHAT MAKES IT THE FAR RIGHT.
This would mean the salary of the VCs of UK unis would now have to be capped around 300k! This would be very welcome news indeed and would save a lot of excessive waste at UK universities since other C-suite uni salaries would have to be lowered too. @profalexp.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Having a ball here.
Heading to BBC. I’m on Newsnight to discuss the key issues of the day, and make sure I raise the cause of UCU members. Give it a watch 📺
DEMO on 16 MAY, Westminster - Mobilise your union branch NOW!
Tommy Robinson has called a rally. Unless we mobilise, there will be no organised counterpresence opposing the far right.
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'This book offers a thoroughly innovative take on constitutionalism […] unearthing the origins and inherently constructive aspect of ‘an-archy’, […] a must-read, especially for students of International Relations but also for Political Scientists more generally.' @antjewiener.bsky.social
The Bristol Radical History festival is next weekend! It’s structured around four main themes, Propaganda, Utopias, Welsh Risings and the 1926 General Strike. There are exhibitions in the MShed and elsewhere, and two walking tours around Bristol. It’ll be great! #brh #radicalhistory
Like, Pearl Jam boycotted Ticketmaster in 1994. This has been going on over 30 years.
Yes! 🤘🏻 and in addition to those mentioned here, Cliff Burton, Metallica’s original bassist, claimed ‘Bach is God’. His thrash triplets were copied from Bach (so I’m told), and his school mate Jim Martin, Faith No More’s guitarist, did the same.
Saw this and thought it might be relevant to those of us thinking about why the SoS is avoiding meddling in HE. www.shma.co.uk/our-thoughts...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ... yes, but ... if we were market stall holders.. you said we could only sell apples for 50p. and it didn't matter how much inflation was, 50p was the price. but you also said we could sell peaches for as much as we like, because the price of apples was.. 1.
My first book event is tomorrow! Girls, im nervous!
You can order it thru Firestorm tho, and that would be really nice! firestorm.coop/products/230...
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
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The electoral loss is an indicator of that shift, not the shift itself. That had to happen in society over the months and years prior. That’s why this is significant. Yes there are still fascistic elements in the new ruling party and there’s more to do, but the tide is turning (I think/hope)
CL spots for the top five now #lfc
Palantir’s tech has been linked to the Israeli military's ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, raising serious human rights concerns.
This Thursday, MPs will debate Palantir's NHS contract.
Email your MP to say No Palantir in Our NHS: amn.st/63328B62zaO
Philanthropy can be great, but it’s no substitute for taxation. The British aristocracy tried the same trick in the 19th century: skip the taxes, do some charity, and call it generosity.
