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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 1d

My recent experiences have demonstrated clearly that mental health matters makes a great slogan but does the sum of fuck all if you are actually experiencing mental health issues, whatever your age or status in life

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 1d

It’s World Mental Health Day and I’m seeing a lot of messaging about ‘talking helps’ but no acknowledgment of the failure of services to actually talk to. The NHS mental health services still clinging on are shambolic, or downright dangerous, & workplace support is a facade, or privatised

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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.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 1d

This #WorldMentalHealthDay it's crucial to remember that precarious, broken, or otherwise toxic environments cause or worsen mental distress.

They also undermine our efforts to care for one-another.

Although in challenging times that's exactly what we have to do.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 3d

1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...

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Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 3d

Join your union. Make a stand. Get involved.

Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 8d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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Audrey Gagnon @audreygagnon.bsky.social · 4d

Looking forward to discussing how to research the far right safely in academia at the @vox-pol.bsky.social report launch. The report is by @antoniavaughan.bsky.social, with the event hosted by @lizzypearson.bsky.social

New VOX-Pol Report Online Launch - VOX - Pol

09/10/2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - VOX-Pol is publishing a new report titled Researching the Far Right Safely in Academia: Current Practices and Constraints by Dr Antonia Vaughan on Thursday 9 October 2...

voxpol.eu

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 3d

Dad’s funeral is tomorrow. Then I go back to work. I’m not ready for either, emotionally, spiritually, mentally

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 4d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 4d

An eye for an eye makes the world blind

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 4d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 5d

This is super-helpful, thank you!

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Eamonn Griffin @eamonngriffin.bsky.social · 5d

There's an app for this, from @sarahgiblin.bsky.social www.whenn.com

Whenn app

Whenn lets you help next of kin & executors find supplier accounts - utilities, pensions, emails - and important info after death. With the app, it doesn't take long. Founded by Sarah Giblin

www.whenn.com

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Sorting out dad's digital legacy is proving to be a bigger task than expected for the internet footprint of an 81 year old man.
Do any of us really plan for our digital accounts after death? This is a useful resource to kick off a conversation: digitallegacyassociation.org/for-the-publ...

For the public - Digital Legacy Association

Information and tutorials to empower the general public Martin Lewis speaking about making plans for one’s digital life and using the Digital Legacy Association’s ‘Social Media Will’ Template. Eductio...

digitallegacyassociation.org

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry, we can't afford to give you your real-terms pay cut.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d

'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.

Five UK universities tell staff they can’t afford pay rises

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 6d

This is grim. Solidarity with my Muslim brothers and sisters.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 8d

You must’ve visited when the wind was blowing in a favourable direction!

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 8d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "We need to not conflate the Jewish community & the ongoing genocide in Gaza.. you can both be absolutely clear that antisemitism & Islamophobia in our country is totally unacceptable & you can stand against the genocide & our govts complicity.."

Well said Zack.

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 8d

West Suffolk is terra incognita to me. It’s too fancy!

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 8d

That smell! I’m always surprised the Museum of Norwich doesn’t pump it into the exhibitions

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 8d

Norfolk’s candle should smell of sugar beet refineries, skunk, crabs & pig shit. Suffolk’s should smell of boiled chicken, biodiesel, weed & chip fat. Gourmet

Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 8d

I see English Heritage got there first, but surely this should be a @vch-home.bsky.social collab?? 🕯️📕

The Home County Co, selling scented candles inspired by English counties...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 8d

This is why museum documentation matters! Without, it's very easy to misplaced an entire buffalo for decades

Denver Museum of Nature & Science @denvermuseumns.bsky.social · 9d

🕵️‍♀️🦬 Mystery solved! Our missing 650-pound Museum bison has returned after 50 years. Learn about its journey back to the Museum in #Catalyst. https://dmns.mobi/47bCc43

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 9d

You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 9d

We were just finishing Yom Kippur morning service when our rabbi announced this had just happened. We’d been reflecting on the atrocities in Gaza & praying for peace. Our tiny community is horrified & heartbroken

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Two dead after suspected terror attack on Manchester synagogue, police say, with suspect shot by officers – latest

Keir Starmer will fly home early from Europe to chair a Cobra meeting, while Greater Manchester mayor tells people to avoid the area

www.theguardian.com

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you. It gets better, right?

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