As the world bears witness to Israel's deliberate starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, the Knesset yesterday voted overwhelmingly to annex the West Bank.
It is a moral imperative for our government to immediately recognise the State of Palestine. History will not forgive us.
An excellent week at @iaspmofficial.bsky.social conference at the Sorbonne Nouvelle campus in Paris. I’m hugely grateful to have been there to speak about my research on @tomrosenthal.bsky.social ‘s cover of ‘Home’ and cover versions as Coronamusic. A joy to see so many fab people there.
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Though I do realise they had standing elsewhere- I don't think it was ever quite what they achieved in their home town
Arguably, I'd say that The Wonderstuff did the same for Stourbridge (West Midlands).
So glad it went well, Stan! Great turn out!
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
What a shitty week for popular music legacy. Losing Sly Stone and Brian Wilson in the space of two days is such a kicker.
I’ve always loved this track, the sounds captivated me from the first time I heard it:
music.apple.com/gb/album/fam...
Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys are a huge part of my own understanding of popular music. I discovered them as a nerdy, muso teen. Brian was the highlight of Glasto 2005 for me and I walked down the aisle to this glorious track.
Nobody wrote pop like Brian wrote pop. music.apple.com/gb/album/god...
Chat GPT is no match for the absolute unit of MERL!
The Madleen and crew have been intercepted after being sprayed with what seems to have been a deterrent to reduce their ability to see and breathe properly. They are unarmed civilians. When will the world act…
The Madleen is edging closer to Gaza. Reports on Aljazeera live state that there are plans to intercept the ship this evening.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liv...
Live updates on The Madleen, its crew, and mission can be find here:
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liv...
This was really interesting, Stan. Thank you for sharing
For those less familiar with Ireland, the Independent would not be a newspaper of the left - quite the contrary. It's an issue that transcends right -left in Ireland.
Job rejections are never easy are they, no matter how long the shot taken in application process. Feeling so much like I’m stuck in a strange liminal position where I’m simultaneously over yet under qualified. Too old yet too inexperienced. Too expensive yet too dispensable. #phdsky #academicsky
Can’t help but think that if Starmer was more focused on what’s good for the country and the HE sector here that he’d be taking advantage of this kind of surge in applications too.
*Emerges from dim fog of marking malaise*…
*Rubs eyes*…
“Can someone just locate the plug for ChatGPT, and pull it. Please?!”
I’ve only missed one Eurovision since my first one in 1990.
I was fully prepared to boycott the whole thing next year when Israel were sitting at the top. UK public vote handing 12 points to Israel was only marginally sweetened by an LGBTQ+ winner. Congratulations Austria #eurovision2025
Pleased to say that the committee for IASPM UK & Ireland PGR conference have extended the deadline for our conference CfP to Friday 23rd Mar 2025 (5PM BST).
#academicsky #phdsky #UKHEsky #musicologysky
Full CfP in link below:
iaspmpostgraduateconference2025.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/c...
Oooh! This is gooooood!
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
This needs an explanation!
The right actually lost votes in the election. All the Reform gains were cancelled out by the Tory losses--with a difference of a whole one (1) seat. And Labour running as a right wing party lost 160-odd seats, while Lib Dems and Greens won more even than that loss. The electorate moved to the left.
Reminder that the fully-virtual Fan Studies North America conference is still open for submissions on the theme of 'REPUTATION: Influence, Power, and Capital'.
This year we're open to academics of all stages including undergrads - please share with your students!
fsn-northamerica.org/fsnna-25/
Yes. Yes. Yes!
Excellent review, Stan. Congratulations!
In the context of this week’s local elections Labour would be well advised to address the problems in UK higher education. University cities like Lincoln are havens of Labour support in an otherwise threatening electoral landscape. #localelection2025
