first time I’ve seen a Nicobar pigeon up close and completely unsurprised that they don’t remind me of the much larger, flightless, big-beaked dodo at all; the idea of gene-editing this animal to de-extinct a so-called “dodo” is so utterly far-fetched it’s beyond comprehension to me

Izat Arif, “In Loving Memory,” terrazzo bench and industrial paint, my favourite 2025 commission for the Singapore Biennale

my phone just reminded me of this: six years ago today, with the May68-inspired banner I sewed (very poorly I might add) on strike in Cambridge with @benaplatt.bsky.social

higher education is in a far worse place now: la lutte continue !!

We did have artistic differences in the process though sadly and chose to split 😅

I had fun making this banner with Kiko over the weekend at least, despite the grim context of having to cancel my teaching and lose my pay, we could make it fun

a university without its staff is nothing! On strike again fighting against the cruelty and economic shortsightedness of course closures and compulsory redundancies at the University of Nottingham

Makiko has now voted for industrial action (n=3) more times than she has celebrated her birthday (n=2)

We can’t give in now. We are so close to victory after this long, exhausting fight. Together we can win a future for our sector and for each other. Get out there and VOTE YES!

#WeAreTheUniversity

at our @uonucu.bsky.social rally this Wednesday, where Sam had a clear message for our comrades down under

love my inspiring geography colleagues!! day one of our four-week industrial action, picketing for @uonucu.bsky.social fighting for the future of our university

happy customer!! be sure to pick up a copy from @vickiezhang.bsky.social and @benandersongeog.bsky.social near the lecture theatre in the Teaching and Learning building if you’re at the RGS-IBG this year. Hear us talk more about it tomorrow at the @dialogueshg.bsky.social plenary, 16:50-18:30!

great turnout for our @ucu.org.uk rally demanding the University Executive Board rule out compulsory redundancies. We are an university, not an educational commodity; there is no 'future Nottingham' without its staff! We won't shut up, we won't accept neoliberal strategising. No to education cuts!!!

voting YES to industrial action — NO REDUNDANCIES at the University of Nottingham

another ibex in my life has gone extinct... this Banksy on Kew Bridge, photographed here in November 2024 and today

Registration for our workshop "Frozen in Time" closes tomorrow, which includes a performance by Sophie J. Williamson and a keynote lecture by Thomas Lemke:
www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties...