Congratulations Roxanne! It looks beautiful. Can't wait to read it.

This was a fantastic discussion last night! I kept having to stop making dinner to take notes. Kudos to @mykaabramson.bsky.social (Warwick) for a brilliant book; and @johnmunro.bsky.social (Birmingham) and @yosra999.bsky.social (Carthage) for hosting!

Thanks Nathan, and thanks so much for being there!

One of the cool things about Critical Mass is its origins in the movement against the 1991 Gulf War, connecting the violence of the international system to that of our car dominated streets.

The Big Ride for Palestine is one continuation of that tradition.

On 25 September, join me and @yosra999.bsky.social for a conversation with author Myka Tucker-Abramson about her new book:

Cartographies of Empire

With @nedra-abada.bsky.social, Kafui Attoh (@cunyslu.bsky.social), George Edwards (@zetkincollective.bsky.social), & @lclaberge.bsky.social.

Really looking forward to this event - thanks to @johnmunro.bsky.social and & Dr Yosra Amraoui for organising; and to these stellar panelists for thinking through the road novel, automobility & US Empire with me.

Good, nuanced analysis of the student mental health crisis at universities and the obligations & limitations of universities in responding to it:

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

In case it hasn't been clear: whole host of us academics at Warwick are, yes, bemused by the ridiculousness of the "rebranding" but also really quite angry at the potential exorbitant money spent on this (and the denied FOI) when told there must be extreme savings (on staffing) & bigger workloads.

The funniest thing is that the profile Warwick seems to have paid for in Vogue of an SMT member is just AI word slop that says nothing. Zero. My dogs could produce more meaningful prose.

During a university funding crisis.

It's the first Friday of the month. Time to #CircleTheCity.

6PM, Victoria Square, Birmingham.

when you and your bestie* accidentally show up in a matching outfit

* and by you and your bestie we mean universities prioritising branding and vibes over students and staff

Congratulations!! Such great news. 🥳

Went to the UCU Congress fringe meeting on this strategy. One of the most inspiring organising meetings I've attended in years. Highly recommend getting involved and helping shape a national trade dispute.

Looking forward to this conversation next month with Wassel Borghol, @gscoulthard.bsky.social, @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social, Dayo Gore, @johnnarayan.bsky.social, & author @samklug.bsky.social.

Get registered!

Moving towards a trade dispute with the Secretary of State for Education!

UCU Congress voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the Higher Education funding crisis.

Motion & further info: lu.ma/a0vv0sjb?tk=...

JOIN to discuss next steps 3 June, 6pm: lu.ma/zs6bklhz

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The proposed policy is abominable, and something we oppose in its entirety. The University's knee-jerk reaction has caused immense stress to trans colleagues and the University's 'apology' does not go nearly far enough in expressing a commitment to being a safe employer for Trans comrades.

Montréal et les survivants de l’Holocauste www.lapresse.ca/societe/chro...

Another cluster of strikers: lawpeeps and CS and maths, oh my! #FightingChance

Two weeks from today: Birmingham's first @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org "Circle the City" cycle ride.

It'll be fun, inclusive, and make the point that you don't have to own a car to get around our city.

6PM, Victoria Square. See you April 4th!

"The decisive fact of our time is that, on the whole, we know a lot and yet we can do very little. We are both enlightened and illiterate." – Marina Garcés

How can we know the world in ways that are empowering rather than overwhelming? Where is the future of radical knowledge production?

Thanks Hannah!

Thrilled my book is out in the world!

It's a book about the rise & fall of US hegemony; about the road novel's trafficking in the fantasies of individual freedom and self-making that propel it; and about why we need to shatter those attachments for a more collective vision, narrative and politics.

Great contingent of Warwick staff + students at Coventry UCU's alternative open day. Cov Uni staff and students are the beating heart of Coventry and are fighting back against massive cuts. Support them by singing this petition: speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/remove-coven... @warwickuniucu.bsky.social