Maggie wearing a dark blue coat standing next to 5 people, 4 of whom are wearing bright pink UCU beanies. They are holding the Dundee UCU banner. The Tower Building is in the background.

Glad to be able to pop by the @ducuuo.bsky.social picket line as they were just getting set up this morning.
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity

‘Angry and exhausted’ Dundee University staff rally against jobs cut to save university Campus unions organised the event where there was palpable anger at the current and former leadership of Dundee University.

We held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee.

We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.

If we fight together we win!

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity

NO REDUNDANCIES at the University of Dundee.

Fantastic news in our fight to save jobs, as interim Principal Prof Nigel Seaton confirms that there will be no redundancies. A massive victory for everyone who has supported us.

Looking forward to receiving the removal of Section 188 in writing.

Picketing in the sunshine today at Dundee University #SaveHE #StopTheCuts ✊@ducuuo.bsky.social

Trusting Europe.
Stronger than what We may think.
Worth reading!

The University of Dundee is currently trying to make 100% of female research Professors in the School of Science and Engineering redundant.

100% OF FEMALE RESEARCH PROFESSORS!

Only one female professor (teaching and scholarship) from that School will remain working on our UK campuses.

One can't catch a breath

FACTCHECK: Almost all the headlines on Tony Blair / net-zero are *wildly* inaccurate

REALITY:

1️⃣Net-zero is *only way* to stop warming
2️⃣Blair calls for tech to "turbocharge our path to net-zero"
3️⃣He categorically *does not* say "net-zero is doomed to fail"

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04.16.25 / Finales of the Yanukovych and Trump Presidencies Listen to 04.16.25 / Finales of the Yanukovych and Trump Presidencies by pacificanetwork playlist on desktop and mobile.

Interview with #UrsulaRuedenberg for #PacificaNetwork on my recent @timesofindia.bsky.social article

"Will Trump's Second Presidency End Like Yanukovych's First?"

@sceeus-ui.bsky.social @dgoberlin.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social @ipsa.org @dgap.org

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Can civilian areas ever be legitimate military targets? We asked an expert April 13 marked Russia’s deadliest attack on the northeastern city of Sumy, killing 35 people and injuring nearly 120. As locals flocked to the city center on the morning of Palm Sunday, Russia launc...

If a strike targets military personnel or infrastructure in a densely populated area, does it make it a legitimate military target? The Kyiv Independent asked Wayne Jordash KC, president of the Global Rights Compliance Foundation.

Trump tried to force everyone to buy American.

Result: No one is buying American.

It is becoming apparent to me that having a moron achieve my goal of wrecking US economy will have unwanted side effects for Russia too..

Dundee University: Ex-principal and V&A visionary to chair government recovery taskforce Former Dundee University principal Sir Alan Langlands will oversee the group tasked with supporting the future of the institution.

A new government taskforce has been created to support the University of Dundee develop a recovery plan.

Headed by former principal, Sir Alan Langlands, the task force will include trade unions, and stakeholders across the city and region.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

really happy abou this new publication. thread to come in the next few days.

"The headline is it's very bad news for Asia."

David Lubin on the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs on Asian economies.

Apple: apple.co/3FWLtD6
Spotify: spoti.fi/3E8XfJU

PFAS: The next asbestos? In some of the Earth's most remote and inaccessible regions, there are traces of humankind.

PFAS, like asbestos, show why strong environmental policies matter. While Europe moves to ban harmful chemicals, pressure to weaken regulations remains.

Once pollution spreads, it’s too late to undo the damage. Prevention is the only real solution.

This. Absolutely this.

Well said Durham UCU! Thanks for sharing our campaign. #WeAreThe632

You told the Scottish Parliament a revised recovery plan would be ready in two weeks. Last night all staff received an email outlining the same plan.

More lies and broken promises.

Time is up. Get them out of the University now.

This letter to Douglas Ross is how staff find out which areas may face module reductions and that 700 people may be affected by the cuts!

Staff receive no communication, courtesy or respect from executives at the University of Dundee.

None.

www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...

To say that the Telegraph is utterly obsessed with Ed Miliband is an understatement.

According to Factiva, the daily and Sunday editions have published 599 articles mentioning Ed Miliband AND net zero over the past 2 years.

Now running at more than 2 articles a day, on average

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

The core technique of political communication in the Trump regime: projection of their own villainy on to others.

No. People should have stopped using X a long time ago, and that is still the case.

Pecksniff: Where has all the money gone? In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

"Britain is increasingly poverty-stricken. Nothing works. Many in full employment rely on food banks. Our buildings and infrastructure are crumbling. Our waterways are poisoned.

Yet, incredibly, we are the sixth largest economy in the world.

So: where has all the money gone?" 🤷‍♂️

Visitor arriyto USA in 2024… with Canada and Mexico leading by a mile. Then UK, India, Germany.

Houston… you have a problem.