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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · Aug 26

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1h

Big social change really. I remember reading some massive % of the UK workforce were servants until like the 1930s (including my Grandma).

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1h

Makes sense.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2h

Never heard of communal dining in tower blocks. Maybe in The Barbican idk

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2h

The servants thing I need to understand better. Why did it decline after WW2 etc.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2h

let's

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah although in fairness, it was still a time when governments were like 'lets build social housing to help working people.' Just imagine!

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2h

That's fascinating. Lots of mid-century optimism...

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 3h

Food-banks, corruption, inequality sky high living costs and this is the question at hand?

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 6h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 4h

I just had dinner. Now I'm hungry.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 4h

During COVID the number of men non-hand washers fell from about 40% (yes I'm afraid so) to near zero, in my observation. I noticed the other day it was creeping back up.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 4h

With the same distinctive fragrances of bygone floor polish, tcp etc.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 4h

Paging Dr @racheledini.bsky.social

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 4h

'Call me MISTER Tibbs...'

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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 1d

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

Leaves do look a bit 'nightshady' don't they?

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

I did a little 'history of sociology' project once. IIRC, Thatcher attacked sociology in the 1980s.

Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 3d

Outrageous. One of the very first symptoms of a wanna-be) authoritarian regime is their declared dislike for Sociology and Gender Studies. Those are usually the first they go after, as we saw in Brazil during Bolsonaro, in Hungary, etc. It's time to rise. #publicSociology
#academicfreedom

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

You can even build on that degree and pursue a career in academia

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d

The advice I give young people on choice of degree programme. Choose something you love. You’ve got the rest of your life to be frustrated and miserable.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

Always with these fuckwits who think teachers would even have the time to do made up bollocks like this. I'd say they're beneath contempt, but contempt is embarrassed to be associated with them.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors. The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah Musk said summat similar just before I left Twitter. F*©k these people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education Nigel Farage has predicted teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK government, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors. The Reform UK leader set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

Bold and ambitious... That sounds familiar

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Kvetch & Release 🎣 @kvetchrelease.bsky.social · 2d

Asking homeowners for entry permission would kill the burglary industry.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 18d

Tacit understanding that prevailing US/UK socio/economic/ideological currents are formatted by an interlinked hegemonic class. The top echelon of this power vertical is in the USA and where they lead, we often follow. Hopefully this current non-science bollocks is an exception.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 18d

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 3d

Good grief