Sophie Watson
@sizzleleg.bsky.social
She/her.
Trade Unionist 📢/ Higher Ed 🎓/ Videogames 🎮/ Filums 🎥/ Fitba ⚽ (Sunlun 🔴⚪)/ Music n Gigs 💃
Branch Chair at UNISON Glasgow Uni, Co-chair of UNISON Scotland HE Committee.
Views my own, obvs.
Trade Unionist 📢/ Higher Ed 🎓/ Videogames 🎮/ Filums 🎥/ Fitba ⚽ (Sunlun 🔴⚪)/ Music n Gigs 💃
Branch Chair at UNISON Glasgow Uni, Co-chair of UNISON Scotland HE Committee.
Views my own, obvs.
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smiling at everyone like your life is about to change as you carry your toilet paper starter kit home
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
smiling at everyone like your life is about to change as you carry your toilet paper starter kit home
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Me and Kenny sell shampoo door-to-door because we're
(wait for it)
Jojoba's Witnesses
(wait for it)
Jojoba's Witnesses
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Me and Kenny sell shampoo door-to-door because we're
(wait for it)
Jojoba's Witnesses
(wait for it)
Jojoba's Witnesses
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Whenever someone in power blames immigrants on the difficulties facing working people, working class communities and those struggling to make ends meet in disadvantaged areas, remember two words: 'managed decline'.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Whenever someone in power blames immigrants on the difficulties facing working people, working class communities and those struggling to make ends meet in disadvantaged areas, remember two words: 'managed decline'.
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Join the resistance! The rebel alliance needs you - get your ballots posted in the HE pay ballot ✊
@unison.org.uk
@ucu.org.uk
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
@eisunion.bsky.social
(Insert your Star Wars themed ballot puns below ↘️)
@unison.org.uk
@ucu.org.uk
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
@eisunion.bsky.social
(Insert your Star Wars themed ballot puns below ↘️)
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Join the resistance! The rebel alliance needs you - get your ballots posted in the HE pay ballot ✊
@unison.org.uk
@ucu.org.uk
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
@eisunion.bsky.social
(Insert your Star Wars themed ballot puns below ↘️)
@unison.org.uk
@ucu.org.uk
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
@eisunion.bsky.social
(Insert your Star Wars themed ballot puns below ↘️)
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JG Ballard lives!
Reading about this luxury apartment building that's falling apart after only ten years because the developer wanted a pure white building, a color only achieved by weakening the concrete. LOL what a fucking living metaphor.
432 Park Is Cracking Up
Developers wanted the supertall’s cement façade to be a pristine white. Turns out that’s not great for durability.
www.curbed.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
JG Ballard lives!
Seeing Roisin Murphy slip into full TERFdom is one of the saddest things. I genuinely loved RM. Me and my mam bonded over her music - I bought her a ticket to see her earlier this year and we went together, it felt special.
So stupid to attack a community that built your career. Infuriating.
So stupid to attack a community that built your career. Infuriating.
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Seeing Roisin Murphy slip into full TERFdom is one of the saddest things. I genuinely loved RM. Me and my mam bonded over her music - I bought her a ticket to see her earlier this year and we went together, it felt special.
So stupid to attack a community that built your career. Infuriating.
So stupid to attack a community that built your career. Infuriating.
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losing my mind on this. she was murdered. she didn't die of a social media overdose.
Most of us have pathologically useless parents who don't care to learn about protecting us properly, but this dogshit really takes the cake.
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
losing my mind on this. she was murdered. she didn't die of a social media overdose.
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The Workers' Stories Project published 55 stories from Scottish workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
Scottish Workers’ Stories of Life and Labour during Covid-19 from the Workers’ Stories Project
This article explores how Scottish workers narrated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their life and work, by analysing 55 fifty-five submissions to the Workers' Stories Project. Between 2020 and...
scholarcommons.sc.edu
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Workers' Stories Project published 55 stories from Scottish workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
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Thanks for all the great memories, Drew. Godspeed. @drewstruzanart.bsky.social @thedigitalbits.bsky.social
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Drew Struzan, Iconic Movie Poster Artist and Favorite of Spielberg and Lucas, Dies at 78
He created some of the most memorable movie posters of all-time in his own signature style.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thanks for all the great memories, Drew. Godspeed. @drewstruzanart.bsky.social @thedigitalbits.bsky.social
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Just found out Shell has been running an AI awards for the last few years.
I think they need to award someone damages for the berserk AI-generated post on their official facebook page that featured a gorilla drinking petrol after it had a 'tough fight' with a tribal mob of South Africans?
I think they need to award someone damages for the berserk AI-generated post on their official facebook page that featured a gorilla drinking petrol after it had a 'tough fight' with a tribal mob of South Africans?
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Just found out Shell has been running an AI awards for the last few years.
I think they need to award someone damages for the berserk AI-generated post on their official facebook page that featured a gorilla drinking petrol after it had a 'tough fight' with a tribal mob of South Africans?
I think they need to award someone damages for the berserk AI-generated post on their official facebook page that featured a gorilla drinking petrol after it had a 'tough fight' with a tribal mob of South Africans?
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what if there were one car company that did every shitty thing imaginable
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
what if there were one car company that did every shitty thing imaginable
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We have voted to force management to rule out the use of compulsory redundancies.
The result demonstrates the anger & disappointment with the lack of progress and failure of successive leaderships at the University to deliver a sustainable way forward that protects jobs and the University’s future.
The result demonstrates the anger & disappointment with the lack of progress and failure of successive leaderships at the University to deliver a sustainable way forward that protects jobs and the University’s future.
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We have voted to force management to rule out the use of compulsory redundancies.
The result demonstrates the anger & disappointment with the lack of progress and failure of successive leaderships at the University to deliver a sustainable way forward that protects jobs and the University’s future.
The result demonstrates the anger & disappointment with the lack of progress and failure of successive leaderships at the University to deliver a sustainable way forward that protects jobs and the University’s future.
New game: how long can you last scrolling through LinkedIn before you want to throw your phone across the room?
Today I Iasted about 38 seconds 🙏
Today I Iasted about 38 seconds 🙏
October 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New game: how long can you last scrolling through LinkedIn before you want to throw your phone across the room?
Today I Iasted about 38 seconds 🙏
Today I Iasted about 38 seconds 🙏
What an absolute fucking loser 😂
This is proof that conservative parents don't spend actual time with their kids (well, we know Graham doesn't). If they did, they'd know that there have been queer characters on Netflix (and Disney, Nickelodeon etc.) for decades. Like, they're only just discovering Dead End Paranormal Park.
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
What an absolute fucking loser 😂
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NEW
The Kneecap prosecution collapsed because police and prosecutors did not take terrorism law seriously
Where "a technicality" hides a fundamental error
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-kneeca...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...
The Kneecap prosecution collapsed because police and prosecutors did not take terrorism law seriously
Where "a technicality" hides a fundamental error
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-kneeca...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
NEW
The Kneecap prosecution collapsed because police and prosecutors did not take terrorism law seriously
Where "a technicality" hides a fundamental error
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-kneeca...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...
The Kneecap prosecution collapsed because police and prosecutors did not take terrorism law seriously
Where "a technicality" hides a fundamental error
By me
Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/the-kneeca...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...
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I want to make it clear that UNISON is made of 1.4 million members, who have passed motions which directly oppose Phillipson's politics
The decision on who to support was made by the Labour link Exec - a very small group of people.
This does not represent the views of UNISON's members at large
The decision on who to support was made by the Labour link Exec - a very small group of people.
This does not represent the views of UNISON's members at large
September 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I want to make it clear that UNISON is made of 1.4 million members, who have passed motions which directly oppose Phillipson's politics
The decision on who to support was made by the Labour link Exec - a very small group of people.
This does not represent the views of UNISON's members at large
The decision on who to support was made by the Labour link Exec - a very small group of people.
This does not represent the views of UNISON's members at large
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I am in Labour Link in @unison.org.uk Who made this decision? Is this what democrac looks like in our largest trade union? It demonstrates what we know - the UNISON establishment supports Starmer's wishes wherever they lead. Andrea will review Labour Link. We need change at the top andrea4gs.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I am in Labour Link in @unison.org.uk Who made this decision? Is this what democrac looks like in our largest trade union? It demonstrates what we know - the UNISON establishment supports Starmer's wishes wherever they lead. Andrea will review Labour Link. We need change at the top andrea4gs.org.uk
Labour Link members were not consulted when making this decision - a decision to endorse a transphobe, a zionist and someone who has overseen the erosion of our universties in the UK.
There is a reason why I'm supporting @andrea4gs.bsky.social in this unison election for general secretary.
There is a reason why I'm supporting @andrea4gs.bsky.social in this unison election for general secretary.
UNISON has chosen to back Bridget Phillipson to become deputy leader of the Labour Party
September 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Labour Link members were not consulted when making this decision - a decision to endorse a transphobe, a zionist and someone who has overseen the erosion of our universties in the UK.
There is a reason why I'm supporting @andrea4gs.bsky.social in this unison election for general secretary.
There is a reason why I'm supporting @andrea4gs.bsky.social in this unison election for general secretary.
Get yersels down to the Village Hotel picket in Glasgow tomorrow, 4.30pm. big Jez will even be there. Go on. It will be class.
Was at the picket below a couple weeks ago and was amazing to see the solidarity from across the city and hear the (mostly young) workers share their stories.
Was at the picket below a couple weeks ago and was amazing to see the solidarity from across the city and hear the (mostly young) workers share their stories.
The first hotel strike in 40 years looked like THIS 👇
Our union is giving full support to Village Hotels Glasgow staff fighting for a living wage and equal pay for every worker 📣
In a sector that Unite Hospitality continues to organise, we will keep backing hospitality workers
Solidarity ✊
Our union is giving full support to Village Hotels Glasgow staff fighting for a living wage and equal pay for every worker 📣
In a sector that Unite Hospitality continues to organise, we will keep backing hospitality workers
Solidarity ✊
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Get yersels down to the Village Hotel picket in Glasgow tomorrow, 4.30pm. big Jez will even be there. Go on. It will be class.
Was at the picket below a couple weeks ago and was amazing to see the solidarity from across the city and hear the (mostly young) workers share their stories.
Was at the picket below a couple weeks ago and was amazing to see the solidarity from across the city and hear the (mostly young) workers share their stories.
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Very helpful blog from the TUC’s @timsharp.bsky.social on the changes the Lords made to the employment rights bill.
No, we don’t want a “right to request” nicely not to be on a zero hours contract. And the manifesto said day one protection from unfair dismissal, not day six months
No, we don’t want a “right to request” nicely not to be on a zero hours contract. And the manifesto said day one protection from unfair dismissal, not day six months
Obstruction on the line: Employment Rights Bill delayed by peers’ amendments
Workers anticipating overdue improvements to their rights will have to wait longer after Tory and Lib Dem peers voted to water down key protections.
www.tuc.org.uk
July 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Very helpful blog from the TUC’s @timsharp.bsky.social on the changes the Lords made to the employment rights bill.
No, we don’t want a “right to request” nicely not to be on a zero hours contract. And the manifesto said day one protection from unfair dismissal, not day six months
No, we don’t want a “right to request” nicely not to be on a zero hours contract. And the manifesto said day one protection from unfair dismissal, not day six months
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love when a paywall sounds like it’s drawing a gun on you
July 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
love when a paywall sounds like it’s drawing a gun on you
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The U.K. is a police state
July 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The U.K. is a police state
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ACADEMIC BOOK SALE
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
July 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ACADEMIC BOOK SALE
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)