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Onni Gust

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Historian of colonialism, trans life, human/animal boundary at Uni of Nottingham. Queer, feminist, trans. Jewish. Parent. They/them.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · Jan 4

I've finally migrated from the evil X, happy new year!

Of mermaids and monsters: Transgender history and the boundaries of the human in eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain

The figure of the monster has long been used by trans and intersex scholars, artists and activists to articulate their sense of being in a world dominated by binary, cisgender norms. Yet what does it....

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 3d

“We have to be really clear that there is no contradiction between saying clearly that antisemitism is completely unacceptable and demanding that the genocide end.”

Na'amod's Em Hilton spoke to @novaramedia.com about organising against antisemitism and for Palestinian liberation.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 2d

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 5d

This is incredibly basic but you can in fact oppose murder while also opposing murder.

I don't trust the police to protect synagogues given they literally just shot and killed a Jewish man at a synagogue. But if I did, that would surely be far more important than arresting a bunch of pensioners.

UK police urge cancellation of Palestine protest after Manchester attack

Protest group Defend Our Juries has said in response a planned demonstration for this weekend will still take place.

www.aljazeera.com

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 2d

Former Tory MP Penny Mordaunt’s claims that trade unions are “openly antisemitic” are false, dangerous and deeply irresponsible.

Trade unions have long stood against antisemitism and all forms of hate and continue to fight for equality, fairness and solidarity for all working people.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4d

Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose

#r4today

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 4d

Storm Amy is blowing the flags down, she's on the side of immigrants and refugees. Wind knows no borders, learn from the wind.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely fantastic news and so well deserved. Excited to watch this project develop.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 6d

forward.com/opinion/7726...

'For the sins we have committed': Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world

Hovering over this 5786 holiday season is a sense of moral and spiritual crisis that calls out for liturgical innovation.

forward.com

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 TEACH OUT ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

On Monday (29/9) at 14:00, our fabulous member Dr Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins (@drhannahrobbins.bsky.social) will be presenting an online lecture titled "'Solidarity Forever': Musical Theatre, Workers’ Rights, and Protest."

Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins

Writer – Researcher – Educator -Bookworm

hannahmarierobbins.com

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 11d

The violence of this rhetoric, polls and 'debates' shouldn't be underestimated. We're talking lives, families, relationships, people's sense of belonging, complex and messy attachments, their hopes and dreams.

If scrapping ILR became law, my family would be torn apart and I'd lose many friends.

historianmemory.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social · 11d

Interesting ...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

What do Britons really think about scrapping indefinite leave to remain? | YouGov

Ending the granting of ILR divides the public – and most are opposed to removing it from those who already hold it

yougov.co.uk

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 11d

Add to this worrying list “Library Washing” - persuading very prestigious university institutions to contribute their digital library collections to OpenAI’s model, to lend legitimacy, in exchange for a handful of (reduced cost!) magic AI beans.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 12d

OpenAI's VP for education recently said the company wanted to become "core infrastructure" for schools and universities. Any infrastructure, though, always depends on habituating users to its technical affordances - so I've been trying to track how it's doing that 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

www.nytimes.com

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 13d

New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING.

It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.

It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.

Reject Trans Doom-Posting

This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…

ruthpearce.net

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 15d

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like

"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."

fuck yeah

Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

qnews.com.au

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Dr. Katie Sagal @aksagal.bsky.social · 22d

Hello #academicsky! I'm sharing a cfp for an edited collection on "Naming & Classifying," pulled together by me, Kristin Girten, & @aaronrhanlon.com . We'd love to see your work! Please also circulate to anyone you think might be interested. Deadline 10/31. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Naming and Classifying cfp final

CFP: Naming and Classifying in the Long Eighteenth Century Whereas “the nineteenth century can be seen as the century of counting and measuring,” the eighteenth century can be seen as the century of ...

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 26d

A fascinating read. In "The Unnatural Trade" @brycchancarey.bsky.social shows how almost all early accounts of the slave trade - which British abolitionists later used as evidence - were written by naturalists.
And these same natural histories were then used to argue for the colonisation of Africa.

The cover of The Unnatural Trade by Brycchan Carey

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 28d

www.plutobooks.com/product/gend...

Gender Heretics – Pluto Press

www.plutobooks.com

Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 28d

To understand the link between Evangelical Christianity and transphobia, as well as the way through it to acceptance, read @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social's book, Gender Heretics.
Link below.

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 28d

How an evangelical pastor became an unlikely ally to his trans daughter

“I realized everything he was doing was out of fear and not hate”

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/how-...

How an evangelical pastor became an unlikely ally to his trans daughter - LGBTQ Nation

“If someone has a crack of curiosity, there's hope that love can prevail.”

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Sep 7

The last known #thylacine died #otd in 1936, remembered as #ThreatenedSpeciesDay.
Our podcast series explores how #museums built collections of #thylacines, & the violent events surrounding their #extinction in #Tasmania.
Have a listen 🔊:
soundcloud.com/university-o...

Echoes from the Museum podcasts

Listen to Echoes from the Museum podcasts, a playlist curated by University of Cambridge on desktop and mobile.

m.soundcloud.com

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 6

An important new book by a team of experts on the tremendous violence of the revolutionary world, in which Europeans’ enlightenment humanism co-existed with their assaults on each other & the often genocidal destruction of non-European societies.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · Sep 4

So sorry, Bodie, may his memory be a blessing.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you aren't familiar with Sharon's website collating digital resources for #EarlyModern folks, I'm here to tell you it's the best 🗃️👍👇

Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've updated #EarlyModern Resources earlymodernweb.org/resources/ Quite a few new links but also a big overhaul of the site to be more usable + a visual refresh.

(If you can't see a change, you may need to clear your browser cache and refresh hard. 😬)

Welcome to Early Modern Resources – EMR

earlymodernweb.org

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’ll be on Today’s Inside Science with a short feature on extinction. It will air at 16:30 and will available online afterwards.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Does warm weather mean more rats in UK towns and cities?

What’s the evidence behind rat infestation warnings? And farewell to wet wipe island

www.bbc.co.uk

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Aug 20

Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · Aug 19

In case it's useful for folks, here's a resource list for Refusing, Rejecting, and Rethinking Generative AI in Writing Studies and Higher Education.

Resources on Refusing, Rejecting, and Rethinking Generative AI in Writing Studies and Higher Education

"Algorithmic Contaminations" by derekGavey is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Resources on Refusing, Rejecting, and Rethinking Generative AI in Writing Studies and Higher Education Last updated March 202...

docs.google.com

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · Aug 22

Today was the last day at the University for so many of our colleagues taking voluntary redundancy, with even more leaving in October.

We appreciate all of you and will miss you dearly. We will continue to fight so that others aren't forced into making the same difficult choice

A photo of people at a rally with signs that say "UCU says NO compulsory redundancies"

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Hunterian Museum London @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 13

In seahorses, pipefish, and seadragons (all part of the Syngnathidae family), males incubate their fertilised eggs in a specialised brood pouch until birth.

Learn more with Tyler, Museum Supervisor at the Hunterian Museum.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · Aug 12

Great LaFleur's 'They/Them: what's in a name?' is excellent on this. I agree with you that someone like Charles Hamilton should be referred to as 'he'.

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