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Ed Granter

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Academic in the UK. Sociology of work and organization. Critical Theory. Gardening. Food. Miscellaneous. Posts views opinions links likes reposts comments strictly personal.

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · Aug 26

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Kvetch & Release 🎣 @kvetchrelease.bsky.social · 1h

Asking homeowners for entry permission would kill the burglary industry.

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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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1h

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 15d

Tacit understanding that prevailing US/UK socio/economic/ideological currents are formatted by an interlinked hegemonic class. The top echelon of this power vertical is in the USA and where they lead, we often follow. Hopefully this current non-science bollocks is an exception.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 16d

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 18h

Good grief

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

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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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 18h

Scroll down for the university bit

BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners

Exclusive: Oil giant also shared intelligence on environmentalists with British Museum and Warwick University in ‘shocking’ web of surveillance

www.opendemocracy.net

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 21h

Do they think the rain will wash it away?

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 21h

Been there many times

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

Sociology lives rent free in their heads I swear to G*d

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

In 2006, probably. In 2025? Also probably.

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Second Reading @commonslibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Freedom of speech in universities https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9143/

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

The gas canister is real though, right?

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe they'll spread the risk by packaging the debt into tranches paying out at different rates. Worked with mortgages.

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd @llassabe.bsky.social · 1d

“high-performing portions of the government’s portfolio of student debt”

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

Sort of a case in point bsky.app/profile/mark...

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 5d

I don't get the whole thing where people try to stop people showing or discussing things that exist. Is it like - 'if people know [thing] exists, they'll turn into [thing] and I don't like [thing]'? It's ridiculous.

Brydie Lee-Kennedy @brydielk.bsky.social · 8d

Wow all the hours we spent in the writers room brainstorming how to appeal to fascist billionaires WASTED

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 1d

Can you be more specific?

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 1d

Your most cited paper will be the one you finished in a panic and still aren’t sure is right

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

pro writing tip: always start the day by addressing a minor administrative task so that you’re in a bad mood when you begin your actual work

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

Before I had a PhD my students used to sometimes call me Mr Ed.

Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 2d

Was excited that the book I’m reading has a character named Sheila, but then it turned out to be a horse.

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

"Capitalism works because it offers consumers the freedom to choose from an array of different products"

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

Waiting for @eidlin.bsky.social to check in here

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

If only all those people who've coincidentally become poor since neoliberalism happened had made better choices

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I love Seville

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 2d

There are literally food banks in the USA and the UK.

Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 3d

I've wanted to try currywurst ever since seeing it in my German textbook circa 1990

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 3d

There's an episode of Ed Reardon's Week where he goes to prison and has to pulp his own book @chrishdouglas.bsky.social

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 3d

Ok I guess it's a shared workspace now (Content note insect/creature with 8 legs begins with S)

Spider that was behind my little bin in my cellar when I moved it to clean there.