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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2d

So many Australian colleagues put through a year of worries and uncertainty. All because Nous Consultancy only thrives on a scarcity narrative?

Bit if a reminder that those cuts can never be justified in pedagogical or academic term, whatever the spin.

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 3d

New analysis by The Australia Institute finds the Australian National University has a $90 million surplus, not a $142 million deficit!

The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

australiainstitute.org.au

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s make hope normal again.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Co-production Network for Wales @copronetwales.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Exciting announcement 📢
Co-production and You, our flagship course, is now open for booking onto our January 2026 cohort! This 12 week online course will deepen your knowledge and allow you to reflect on your practice. Find out more and book now as there are limited spaces 👉 buff.ly/Bede6gA

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats Ruth!

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 7d

I went to Labour conference - and then they revoked my press pass.

I found a party defined by delusion - and literally running away from its record.

Where to even begin.

Watch it here 👇

youtube.com/watch?v=RLAp...

They Kicked Me Out For THIS? Owen Jones Visits LABOUR CONFERENCE

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just “daft”.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 9d

Socialism is not about taking action to make a better society but having feelings and attitudes towards an unequal society. Got it.

Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 9d

What does socialism mean?

@iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss the meaning of socialism in the latest episode of Origin Story 👉 youtu.be/RHPiU4dsZhc

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Institute for Children’s Futures @icf-mcr.bsky.social · 13d

#WeAreHiring! You could help us develop and manage a portfolio of partners in the field of research, community engagement and policymaking.

Learn more about the role and apply by 8 October:
manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

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Lykara Ryder @lykarar.bsky.social · 13d

How does this align with our democratically agreed principles & policies of solidarity with Palestine, trans rights, and well-funded universities as a public good? Who made this decision?
Yet another reason why I’m backing andrea4gs.org.uk - we need new leadership and a review of Labour Link.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d

Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 13d

The digital ID card sounds like a trojan horse to link your use of public services to your finances, your health records to your shopping habits and finance and your location to the police, to me.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 12d

Yesterday I heard that my book contract is finally being finalised and then received an article rejection, for being vague and opaque. So I can use that for promotion

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Vicky Blake UCU (she/her) @vickyblake.bsky.social · 16d

Why is @ucu.org.uk engaging in the very behaviour that we/it publicly call out when members’ employers employ such tactics?

It is shameful. It undermines every branch of #UCU

It’s utterly destructive to staff morale and our branches’ leverage

Not in our name.

Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 16d

Do you want to know how UCU senior management has responded to UCU branches calling on them to remove their threat of deductions? This is how.

How would you react?

uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...

Screenshot of email from UCU management which reads: ASOS Attendance Form - New Weekly Survey
Starting Monday 22 September, all staff will receive an email with a link to the new ASOS attendance form. This short weekly survey is mandatory for all staff, whether you were on ASOS or not. Please make sure to complete it each week, failure to do so may result in pay deductions. The cut off each week will be Friday at 5pm.

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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 16d

I'll be in Manchester on October 3rd at 6:30pm with Wu Tsang at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. Thanks to the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture and the Centre for New Writing for co-sponsoring.

Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-in-a-...

A picture of me smiling next to a photo of the cover of Love in a Fucked-Up World. Text reads: Blackwell's Manchester presents...Dean Spade in conversation with Wu Tsang, Friday 3rd October at 6:30pm, blackwells.co.uk/events

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

The truth: we need migration.

The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.

Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.

Reject it. Draw the line.

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 17d

Reform party will eventually come after citizens, with parents who were born abroad, like myself. My friends and I have had this discussion for some time. Make no joke about it, if they get into power they will need to continue to enrage the British voting public, they need chaos to thrive.

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Nic Whitton @nicwhitton.bsky.social · 18d

My inaugural lecture for Northumbria University, State of Play: A History of Playful Learning in Ten Video Games, will be on 15 October 2025 online and in-person. All welcome.

Guest appearance by everyone's favourite badger and drinks somewhere afterwards.

www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

State of Play: A history of Playful Learning in 10 Video Games

www.northumbria.ac.uk

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 19d

This funding system doesn’t work for anyone, it is dependent on putting students in years of debt and on staff’s job insecurity.

Information about moving towards a dispute with the Secretary of State: www.universityrankandfile.org.uk/campaigns

Dispute with the secretary of state? Funding model based on students’ future debt

At least 20,000 jobs cut across the Higher Education on top of disappearance of fixed-term contracts

100 UK universities restructuring and making redundancies

Deteriorating working conditions lead to worse learning conditions

Employers are emboldened to do nothing to save universities

We need a funding system that works for students, staff, and universities

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19d

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

📈 The Green Party has just hit 75,000 members!

💚 There's no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 19d

JOIN THE GREEN PARTY

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Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 23d

Strike action is ON!!!

Next week will be the first of 4 weeks of striking from our members as we continue to say NO to the compulsory redundancies forced on us by the university for their poor financial choices.

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21d

It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.

But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.

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James Duggan @dugganjr.bsky.social · 20d

Paging Nathan Fielder: idea for Season 3 of Rehearsal.

The launch of @yourparty.bsky.social