Sophie Cooper

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

Amber Glenn (figure skater) and the men's ski team (Chris Lillis and Hunter Hess at least) have spoken out - there are probably more. I've mainly seen it on IG.

It's been interesting watching American athletes engage with these feelings during the press conferences. I think their bravery in being quite upfront about how conflicted they are deserves support - but I'm not American so maybe that's not enough?

“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore

It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end

so a month ago I was reading @markpackuk.bsky.social’s speech on Twitter in the lords and there were obviously fake stats the government used to justify Twitter’s UK reach and its continued importance to British audiences

Rob has now found the source of the data was… Twitter

If we understand that without massive public pushback, fascism will try to eat all of us alive, then yeah, it makes a difference that people in *all* kinds of communities and interest groups are yelling it from the rooftops. We've seen a ton of creative resistance in the streets. It is connected.

Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."

Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up.

That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.

Take the time to do this folks. The proposed changes to ILR are shocking and cruel, which is made abundantly clear in the text of the public consultation linked below. Please lend your voice to try to mitigate the cruelty.

ICE is afraid of children protesting “Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

“I was so impressed and kind of honored to be in that crowd…Because nobody panicked. Nobody ran. Nobody was trampling each other. Everybody got out together. We made room for the pregnant, we made room for the elderly, we made room for children.”

No, I don't think this is true. I mean, we haven't uninvented the bomb but also don't, you know, use it.

I am very happy this article is out [OA to come]. It builds on work by scholars like @matthewjkelly.bsky.social, Paul Townend, Michael de Nie, @alanlester.bsky.social (and others) to suggest that Irish nationalism had something important to say about the British Empire in the 1830s and 1840s. 🗃️

Time for another postcards from 1920s and 1930s Seven Dials I think

Before there was the Guinness Open Gate Brewery, there was the Cave of Harmony - cooler clientele, and far better food by the sound of it.

#London #SevenDials #CoventGarden #History #20s30s #guinness

Additionally, the men choosing the word "irrational", repeatedly, to criticise the findings of the Commissooner for Standards is pretty telling. Why yes, she was a woman, now you mention it.

TikTok is censoring the words “Epstein” and “ICE” — and that alone should tell you how fast political censorship just arrived in America.

Looking forward to this week’s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar with @emilybaughan.bsky.social (chaired by @kieranconnell.bsky.social). Snacks and drinks provided as usual. All welcome!
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...

Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

In a historic joint action, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), the Jewish Council of Australia, and the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), have lodged a formal legal complaint to have Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrested or barred from entering Australia.

Keys and phone are relatively easy (keys especially), it's finding my glasses that slows me down every other morning. I really should buy an extra pair...just to help ease the search.

Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe

“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”

People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.

Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.

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A grid of various book covers

Happy Black History Month! Today, let's celebrate the important work our authors have done to further Black scholarship, fiction, poetry, etc. May we all keep writing and #readingUP

#booksky #blackhistorymonth

A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.

*drum roll*

Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!

I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...

It looks so good!

The values of our trade union movement are justice, equality, and fairness, which we expect to be upheld by our university and those who publicly represent it. It is evident that Senator George J. Mitchell fails to meet these standards, and so all links must be removed." 5/5

In response to the news that @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has cut ties with Senator George J. Mitchell, following new information that suggests he remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, we have released the following statement. 1/5

I love mine. Make sure you get the right weight one for your size as I imagine a too-heavy one would be overwhelming. Also, even though I got the right weight, mine took a few days to get used to. The first night I hated it but now I use it almost every night.

The young Muslim woman detained in a locked Whipple bathroom with three men said she never thought this could happen to her. She saw America as a land of opportunity after a childhood in a refugee camp. She hopes to become a nurse or a flight attendant. Her criminal record, she said, consists of one speeding ticket. With Whipple's holding facilities filled, the woman said, agents eventually moved her to another locked bathroom by herself. There was an air vent at the door's bottom. When she saw federal agents' footsteps, she banged for help. On her third night of detention, agents took in two new detainees: an African immigrant and her 7-month-old baby girl. She said the immigrant told her they had been detained as the mother took her baby to a doctor to be treated for influenza.

"When the woman arrived, she was screaming and crying and yelling, 'My baby is already sick!' " she recalled. " 'I don't want my baby to die!' " The next morning, she said, the woman and baby were moved from the bathroom. It wasn't until her fourth day of detention when the young woman was allowed to use a phone at the facility. When she heard her mother's voice, she burst into tears. On the fifth day, agents drove her and two other recently released detainees to a light-rail station near Whipple. They took off her handcuffs and told her to call an Uber, even though she didn't have a phone. She borrowed one from another detainee. As they released her into the cold, she recalls their simple words: "You are good to go."

“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?!

This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple.

Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...

Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them