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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 4h

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 · 1d

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 · 17h

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 · 22h

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 · 22h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'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 · 2d

🔴 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 · 4d

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 · 3d

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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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 4d

Stick this in your oil pipe and smoke it Donald Trump.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 4d

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time

More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

www.independent.co.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

History repeats.

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so sorry you have had to leave in such a way. I hope you've had a lot of affirming messages before your email is terminated.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 4d

I agree. But as a former university President, I regret that universities are caught in the middle. Lose lose.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

“Newsom declared that the state of California will pull funding from any university that caves to Trump’s extortion gambit. This is the right path for Democrats. Where they control levers of power, they should use them to create counterincentives.”

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Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown

God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.

open.substack.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.

But consider this...

Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.

Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d

A chill spreads

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s85M...

Historian warns: 'A chill spreads' as Trump admin follows familiar authoritarian playbook

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 4d

Just surreal: 'The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something”.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 6d

You can bet this is very high up Reform's agenda.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

www.nytimes.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8d

It is important to see this sort of straight talking, precisely because of the executive order last week that conflated criticism of the government with terrorism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

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Liz Morrish @lizmorrish.bsky.social · 6d

@hbsj.bsky.social Worth a postcard, if not a visit ?

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 6d

The University of Luxembourg (@uni.lu) campus is particularly dramatic!

Built around a former blast furnace, it is an exemplar of reclaiming an industrial space for modern use.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 6d

The University of Luxembourg (@uni.lu) campus is particularly dramatic!

Built around a former blast furnace, it is an exemplar of reclaiming an industrial space for modern use.

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