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H R Milligan

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research fellow in contemporary literature & ecocriticism at loughborough university | writing a book about ecogothic | she/her

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H R Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · Jul 12

Excited to have a short provocations piece, 'Against Entanglement', in the first issue of American Gothic Studies.

In a time of pandemics, militant land grabs, and extinctions, the Gothic uses tales of zombie infections and nuked landscapes to show us the dark side of being entangled with others.

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock @cypheractive.bsky.social · Jul 11

The debut issue of American Gothic Studies has now been published! To access, join The Society for the Study of the American Gothic at www.americangothicsociety.com. Free article from this issue at scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/ags/art....

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

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

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

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H R Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 1d

my One Battle After Another hot take is **SPOILERS**

the movie should have ended on the scene with Lockjaw covered in blood sauntering down the highway like Judge Holden at the end of Blood Meridian

the enemy never stops coming

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

"Often described as postmodern, Krasznahorkai is known for his long, winding sentences, dystopian and melancholic themes, and the kind of relentless intensity that has led critics to compare him to Gogol, Melville and Kafka." #Nobel #Literature #Prize #novels
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · Jun 13

“Tax the rich out of existence, and suddenly there are no more psychopathic oligarchs trying to kill us, no more brutally unfair distribution of resources, no more mafia boss-style politicians rigging the system.” @smillermcdonald.bsky.social www.currentaffairs.org/news/dirty-l...

Dirty Lies About Clean Energy

Building “alternative” energy infrastructure isn’t enough. To avert climate disaster, fossil fuels need to be restricted, and energy consumption overall needs to fall.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 2d

“the report, which was supposed to launch on Thursday at a landmark event in London, has been delayed, and concerns have been expressed to the Guardian that it may have been blocked by number 10.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 17d

Human history shows a slow rise in mortality, population, and wealth - until capitalism triggered a dramatic spike in progress. | https://bit.ly/4nNWsPO

But Samuel Miller McDonald argues this system cloaked environmental destruction and corruption under the guise of progress.

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 14d

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye sold just 2,000 copies in its first year. Today, it’s a number many authors can’t recover from. Writer @tajjaisen.bsky.social examines how the publishing industry’s sales track can make or break careers before they even begin: thewalrus.ca/the-publishing-i...

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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 3d

We need this in Scotland. It’s not even wishful or fanciful thinking: it’s financially astute. Our creative industries are absolutely vital

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 4d

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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H R Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 10d

pedestrianise pedestrianise pedestrianise

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 11d

Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.

Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »

La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola

leparisien.fr

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 11d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Kevin Corstorphine @drkevcorstorphine.bsky.social · 22d

Heads up @igagoths.bsky.social - delighted to announce the CFP for IGA 2026: 'Gothic Selves/Artificial Others' hosted at the University of Hull 28-31 July! hullgothic.wordpress.com

Gothic Selves/Artificial Others

18th Biennual Conference of the International Gothic Association: 28-31 July, 2026. Hull, UK

hullgothic.wordpress.com

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Timothy C. Baker @timothycbaker.bsky.social · 22d

I've put this as required reading for two different cohorts of students within ten minutes of reading it.

Phil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 22d

“How did I find dignity in a book that seems so determined to strip dignity away from its characters, especially its gay characters? Where did I find affirmation in a book so enamored of the abyss?”

@garthgreenwell.bsky.social on affirmation in art

harpers.org/archive/2025...

Enamored of the Abyss, by Garth Greenwell

On the place of affirmation in art

harpers.org

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H R Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 22d

the research questions they say mustn't be asked are probably the ones that need looking into

Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · Aug 28

The head of the UK's leading funder of social research has spoken against funding projects on post-growth and degrowth. Our research environment is wedded to an economic system that does harm daily to all human and non-human life. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

ESRC ‘bar against’ degrowth research branded ‘anti-scientific’ - Research Professional News

Research council leader signals shift against funding projects that question benefits of economic growth

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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H R Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 24d

I remember being similarly struck by the odd juxtaposition of rhino and manor house at Cotswolds Wildlife Park (pic from 2019) – I love how Rae Ferner-Rose uses this to muse on the environmental uncanny and the place of captive endangered species

A white rhinoceros in the foreground grazes on grass; in the background a turreted manor house set amongst trees.

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 25d

PUBLICATION DAY!

I am delighted to announce that Gothic Precarity: Fear and Anxiety in Twenty-First-Century Fiction is published today!

The Gothic has always been a literature of unease, but today it feels especially urgent.

@uniwalespress.bsky.social

www.uwp.co.uk/book/gothic-...

Gothic Precarity | UWP

www.uwp.co.uk

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Sep 6

BREAKING NEWS

Anthropic agree to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems. This is the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history.

The settlement is still subject to the judge's approval.

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authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v…

authorsguild.org

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · Sep 5

a reminder that you can still sign up for the settlement if they stole your work www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Aug 29

This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 27

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Aug 22

🗣 Calling UK accademics with a USS pension - your signature is needed 👇

Please join the @divestuss.bsky.social campaign to clean up our pension scheme and send our petition to the Chair and Board of Directors of USS

#FossilFree

divestuss.org/petition-uss/

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roxanne panchasi @rpanchasi.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just sharing the “Xtreme endnotes” assignment @parisnoire.bsky.social mentions here in case anyone else finds it helpful as we begin a new academic year.

FWIW, it’s a purely analog exercise in an AI-freaky world & my students have never not had fun doing it.✌🏽

www.historians.org/perspectives...

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Loughborough English @lboroenglish.bsky.social · Aug 19

We are delighted to share the exciting news that the CFP for the @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2026 conference - next year called Weird Modernisms - jointly held with @modernistudies.bsky.social at @lborouniversity.bsky.social is now live! More info here: moderniststudies.org/conference/MSA2026/CFP/

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · Aug 18

pls RT, modernists - CFP now out for 'Weird Modernisms', the collaborative conference between @modernistudies.bsky.social and @moderniststudies.bsky.social !

July 2026, Loughborough University.

www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...

Image of 'The Empress' by Pamela Coleman Smith - figure with long hair, crown of stars, holding sceptre-like object. Two trees (pines?) made up of dots on right-hand side. Text: Weird Modernisms, BAMS/MSA 26, 1-4 July 2026, Loughborough University, UK

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Samuel Miller McDonald @smillermcdonald.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today is publication day for my book! @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social You can get your hands on it at most bookstores in the UK, or online at any of the vendors listed here: harpercollins.co.uk/products/pro...

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Samuel Miller McDonald @smillermcdonald.bsky.social · Aug 14

If you have a sense that things aren't getting better, or you're interested in how progress myths have shaped societies for the last 5,000 years, grab this book!

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