Angela Last

UK university staff: please complete our survey about redundancies Academic or professional staff, employed or unemployed, we are anxious to hear your perspectives

Have any of your colleagues recently been made redundant by a UK university? Have you? Do you fear losing your job? What has been the effect of redundancies on departmental morale? We are keen to hear your views

We would love for @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to be read widely, given the Sullivan Review’s potential for far-reaching implications across the social and health sciences — and indeed well beyond the academy

Although I am currently unemployed, I have donated to the @ndncollective.bsky.social Legal Fund for the defense of their Founder and CEO who is on trial for fabricated & politically motivated charges. Please donate, too! donate.ndncollective.org/campaign/671...

Next Decolonization in Dialogue seminar on sound as a means of oppression. Join us on Wed 28 Jan from 5pm on zoom: uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/j/6710399828...

Wer hat Angst vor dem Neutralitätsgebot? Wer überhaupt „neutral“ sein muss, was das bedeutet, und wer sich jetzt wehren muss. „Neutralität“ wird zum neuen Kampfbegriff: Weil sie...

Ein #39C3 Talk, denn ich allen empfehle, die sich ab und zu in Diskussionen wiederfinden, in denen #Neutralität eingefordert wird: Von Vereinen, Lehrer*innen, Beamt*innen, NGOs oder anderen, die öffentliche Fördergelder bekommen.

Von Hannah Vos and @viviankube.bsky.social von @fragdenstaat.de :

The Rise And Fall of Queer Cartoons Long before LibsofTikTok and Elon Musk called on parents to cancel Netflix, cartoons were already on the tail end of their queer renaissance.

Great piece by @garethwatkins.bsky.social in @aftermath.site

aftermath.site/queer-cartoo...

Tag 2 | Der grosse Kanton: Rise & Fall of the BRD | 06.12.2025 YouTube video by medico international

Powerful symposium on the current mechanics and dynamics of White supremacy in Germany across political positions. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... The translated version (into English) can be found here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CMG...

Rewatched this last night while mending clothes. Super clear political analysis & does not feel long despite its run time. Thank you!

Global Warming At 3 °C By 2050? What's Behind The New German Climate Warning German scientists warn global warming is accelerating faster than expected, raising the risk of a 3 °C rise by 2050 and forcing Europe to confront unthinkable adaptation plans. German scientists warn ...

The latest devastating forecast, which takes account of what is actually happening in the real world - in terms of both climate and climate policy - to provide a more realistic view of what we can expect

I have said it before - we are in deep, deep, sh*t

worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...

The latest seminar from Decolonization in Dialogue, in Bonn & online: decolonizationindialogue.substack.com/p/register-f...

Have just been reading about the plans to gut geology, paleobiology and geography at Leicester - where many of the key figures who have developed the Anthropocene concept are based - Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Waters… absolute insanity. Institutional vandalism.

Sign the Petition Save Geology at the University of Leicester

Geology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK

Teaching Disciplinary Histories: A Transdisciplinary Workshop Anna Von Mertens, Midnight until the first sighting of land, October 12, 1492, six miles off the coast of current-day San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 2006. Venue: Impulse, University of Bonn Date: 27…

If anyone is in the vicinity of Bonn, there are still some spaces for my transdisciplinary workshop on teaching disciplinary histories: mutablematter.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/t...

Sign the Petition Save Geography at the University of Leicester

Petition to save Geography at the University of Leicester: www.change.org/p/save-geogr...

Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’ Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets

Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’
Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Please sign this letter in support of students who are facing criminal charges and campus bans at Goethe University Frankfurt after a Palestine related protest. The AfD is behind this, portraying them as left wing extremists & putting pressure on university management: framaforms.org/gegen-die-kr...

The RGS-IBG is launching a global petition. Also letters to VC/Pro-VC would help. The latter just got parachuted in as a wrecking ball.

Yes, to our VC and Pro-VC/Head of College. I think the RGS-IBG is also launching a petition.

Journalists' Unions Condemn Condé Nast's Gutting of Teen Vogue | Common Dreams Condé Nast's decision to gut Teen Vogue's award-winning journalism and lay off key staffers is a devastating blow to insightful political coverage. Will the magazine's mission and identity survive the...

www.commondreams.org/news/teen-vo...

Parliamentary group warns of 32% drop in food production without urgent action The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture said domestic food production could decline by 39% per capita

This matches another forecast that global crop yields will fall by 30 percent by 2050

Bleak doesn't even begin to describe our prospects

www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/parliam...

Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!

Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Whose Geography, Whose History? Reimagining How We Teach the History of Geography In this roundtable, we share our reflections on how to teach more critical histories of geography in Anglo-American institutions. Ashutosh offers a contrapuntal reading of the history of geography,...

New pub alert! Check out our reflections on how to reach the history of geography in more critical and inclusive ways! An all-star cast of commentators! Conceptual reorientations and practical strategies! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/C7HMD...

The EU is trying to implement mass surveillance under the guise of children's protection. Check out your country's local campaign. In the meantime, here is a useful tool to contact your
EU representatives about the dangers of 'chat control': fightchatcontrol.eu#contact-tool

Just one example of how the German press (BBC equivalent) frames anti-genocide demonstrations: triple emphasis on 'islamist' gender segregation, 'expert' warning about 'anti-Western' alliance between islamists and left, massive police presence required, sources: police, social media, local news.

Teaching AI/AI and Teaching Example of ‘Feindbild’ use in the German media (Source: DW): Orbán’s campaign against Soros. Book revisions are in, and I keep on finding things I would like to include. Some of t…

Brief response to discussions on AI & teaching, whose focus on plagiarism and 'algorithmic thoughtlessness' can sideline wider issues e.g. around epistemic injustice and the licensing of (fascist) desires.

YouTube video by Volksverpetzer Was dir die Medien über die AfD verschweigen!

Umfragerekorde, absolute Mehrheit in Sachsen-Anhalt in Aussicht – die AfD scheint unaufhaltsam. Doch das ist ein medialer Mythos. Unser Deep Dive als Video: youtu.be/CicXQejYiPA