Tom Hulme

just another day of “the adults being back in the room”, I guess

Can't fault the clarity of Labour's message on protest. There are BAD protesters who must be punished (Irish musicians, anti-genocide vicars) and there are GOOD protesters whose views deserve respect (masked thugs with petrol bombs trying to start a pogrom)

'Drag queen kids' event shouldn't have happened': DUP's Lyons Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said a drag queen storytelling event should not have taken place in an east Belfast library last week.

And just like that, the DUP minister bans drag story hour from libraries in N. Ireland.

1. The Department of Justice refuse to act on far-right due to a ministerial strategy of appeasement with loyalist paramilitaries & the far-right.

2. DUP censors LGBTQ+ existences under the cover of disorder.

your rhetorical tone is rude but I’ll answer anyway. it sucks that UKHE is unstable & precarious so many would feel that, yes, they should move for a 12 month job. But this is still a decent post in a field where so many contracts are fractional, poorly paid & exploitative - where they exist at all.

I am certain that my wonderful colleague @niamhcullen.bsky.social - who will be taking 12 months away for a BA fellowship - will make it a soft landing too!

Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History at Queen's University Belfast Apply now for the Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

A proper 12-month replacement post with decent salary (for UKHE, at least) in modern European history. Belfast is a decent place to live - relatively affordable apart from extortionate pint prices - and I can personally vouch for what a great & friendly School we have.
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so much wanton destruction; so much for history & heritage, which is surely more important for branding than lilac websites

(I'm sure you know all that already - just venting at the silliness of it!)

that is an insane policy. it is not possible to write a decent grant bid every year while still actually writing articles/books, teaching, administrating etc. all it will lead to is half-baked & rejected applications every year

reminded here of what I presume was Leicester CAMRA branch’s attempt to attract more female members while not putting off male that took the form of a life size cardboard woman whose head morphed into a pint of beer

Can’t help but reflect on the *5 years of strikes* we did to defend our pensions, on this, the day USS announce their £10 billion surplus.

weird combination of anger and relief

This exhibit was also a sobering reminder that demon twinks have existed throughout time.

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sorry, i was agreeing - didn't mean to suggest you were being flippant :)

I actually think that would be a great idea - might stop them parroting nonsense about ‘free speech’ and ‘wokeness’!

oof 😍 brilliant post here for someone

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A gay pride float

Historical information on a gay pride float

Man poses for a photo in front of a gay pride parade

my favourite part of Belfast Pride this year was the history-teaching float 😍🤓

30 (that I can remember). I wonder how many people have been to a campus in all four regions of the UK... (not me, I can't remember ever going to a Welsh campus)

Arrived back from @wcorklitfest.bsky.social to find some exciting post waiting for me:

The paperback of Hotel Lux — available everywhere 7 August!

this might be the UKHE statement that breaks me. a ‘spokesperson’ responds to a publicity shitstorm about inane, marketing jargon rebrand with… more inane, marketing jargon?! these (highly paid, vacuous) ‘managers’ are not living on the same planet as the rest of us

*endless screaming intensifies*

Man wearing white jeans and black shirt giving a lecture about gay history

“would you like the soup or the terrine?”

about 70 folks - and not a single protestor! - came to my Belfast Pride lecture at the Linen Hall Library. I began with Rihanna in a Co. Down field and wore my “works as a waiter on a cruise ship” outfit

This is likely not a very career savvy thing for me to post, but this rebrand also happens to be occurring at a time where departments are being told to reduce the amount spent on TAs because the finances are not deemed to have a sufficiently large surplus

*endless screaming*

almost at capacity (gulp) for tomorrow... just 10 spaces remaining for any last-minute-bookers!