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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 5h

They'd be so fucking perfect for that regime. Until it turns on them.

Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 5h

Suggest following @mark-bray.bsky.social who has been prevented from leaving the US.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 12h

Don't you just want to send them all to elite US institutions just now?

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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 13h

For reasons, I was reminded that my former bosses in the UK didn't like my handbook chapter about postmodernism, because such output 'displays the profound questioning of the authority and relevance of mainstream management thinking and practice'.

#AcademicFreedom

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 13h

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 12h

Utterly horrifying. Rutgers professor, harassed for teaching history of fascism prevented from leaving the country - after check in, baggage check and security.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 2d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 20h

Some women were actual founders of antifa, not just ‘girlfriends’

Sophie Scholl was a member of White Rose, an anti-Nazi group at the university of Munich. She was murdered by the Nazi regime (for treason) on 22 February, 1943 She was only 21 years old
#Antifa #History #WomensHistory #Resistance

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, I agree. I really miss those years.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 2d

Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 2d

So since I'm annoyed let me say a few things today.Some folks have been writing about Christian Nationalism and apocalyptic right wing movements for YEARS here in the US. YEARS. Do we get to have a platform in major mags and newspapers... rarely.

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 2d

This is appalling. It seems the parish council made a mistake, and some adults complained. And it's children and young people who lose out, with plans for a new play space pushed into next year at least.

It's the sound of children playing, FFS.

Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 2d

A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.

They should be ashamed of themselves

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

Council demolishes play area after noise complaints - BBC News

Parents in a Derbyshire town say their children are 'devastated' they have lost the facility.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 2d

Most of the people he’s complaining about will be British citizens. Until last year, he sat in Cabinet, in government, with several people just like them.

The Tory party, led by a Black woman, has fully embraced the lowest forms of gutter racism.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 2d

Technically it's over the Tees in Thornaby, but it's all the same unitary authority now.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of University College, Stockton, founded in 1992 as a joint venture between @durham.ac.uk and @teessideuni.bsky.social

Teesside withdrew in 1998, it is now the Queen's Campus Durham

If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing 1990s stone and gals buildings set in paved courtyards with young trees planted in borders. Printed at the foot of the card is "Stockton's New University"

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 3d

What's interesting about this is that my rent goes up 5% every year

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3d

'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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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 4d

🔴 The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

Fascist memes are changing Britain, and the government is totally out of its depth.

The global far-right is brainwashing a town near you

📝 A guest essay...

writesbright.substack.com

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 6d

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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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 5d

Just realised I can no longer say all British men look like the Archbishop of Canterbury by the time they're 50.

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