Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her)

One hundred years of “We” | The New Criterion On the legacy of Yevgeny Zamyatin’s seminal dystopian novel.

great 2020 look at its legacy from the New Criterion: newcriterion.com/article/one-...

Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk post in call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses

Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe

Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk in a call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare since Ukraine’s EU Maidan, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses

pdjukes.substack.com/p/musk-medve...

an old computer with a keyboard on a wooden desk Alt: an old computer with a keyboard on a wooden desks really old PC with flickering screen

I am so bored of hearing abt teen wifi problems. Wd it be ok to say I DON’T CARE!!!? Just suck it up. I remember 1980s computers so…

Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”

Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages

Follow thread.

Oh so that’s how the House of Leaves house got bigger on the inside than the outside

Thank you! I will check it out.

It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.

Please share widely.

Fantastic essay about close reading and its power to empower.

“that crucial step of noticing requires the close reader to point to evidence and identify it as evidence, to make it into evidence, to grant themselves the authority to do so.”

I’ve just added this essay to my reading list for first years and hoping my library can buy your and Dan’s book next year. A colleague and I have been experimenting this semester with empowering students in this way, aiming to unravel the knots created by a very rigid secondary curriculum in the UK

Note to UK government 👇👇
@englishassociation.bsky.social

The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast

More regulation of tech companies needed so products aren’t launched without safety measures. Why are women and girls treated as collateral damage? (Read Laura Bates’ book). www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

Agree. And it’s not his to give away.

I read this as William Wordsworth having written a letter to Elizabeth Bishop and would sincerely like to read this letter!

Is the Haldane principle under threat? - Research Professional News Increasing political direction in the allocation of research funding is alarming some policy experts

Is Haldane dead? The short answer is “yes”. Richard Burdon Haldane died in 1928.

But the Haldane principle is very much a live issue for researchers, writes @chrisjparr.bsky.social.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months

I never thought it would be possible to have a stupider university policy than the Tories, but Labour schooled me.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Reform UK's Nigel Farage challenged by BBC reporter over school racism claims Nigel Farage insisted he has never engaged in 'direct, personal' abuse, following accusations of racism.

Needless to say, this story is nowhere near the front page of the BBC website despite only being posted 4 hrs ago. So where have the BBC put a story about Farage, an MP who leads a Westminster party and whose seat is in Essex? In the "Wales" news section, obviously

Cats and books, what’s not to like? #caturday

Wonderful, congratulations!

Yes, the official gaslighting was (and still is) incredible on this issue. Going against most evidence-based actions. Still, Westminster has clean air but hospitals, schools and universities don’t. And why are masks still so maligned? Etc

And teachers/lecturers. Also highly at risk

Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.

Hallam staff publish 26-page report on university’s ‘perilous’ finances Plus: Tributes roll in for Sheffield-born journalist Rachel Cooke

Further media coverage of our branch report into financial decision making at SHU. Don't believe the hype about growth & balancing the books. The report shows ill advised spending & a worrying lack of oversight.

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/hallam-staff...

Union calls for inquiry into Sheffield Hallam University finances Sheffield Hallam University has invested in a new city centre campus and facilities in London.

Our branch report into SHU's finances calls for a public enquiry into decision making at the university. There may be sector-wide challenges but at SHU one of the issues is governance. The report is here: ucuhallam.org

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For scientists, the right questions are often the hardest The most difficult problems can nurture the most talented researchers

'The initiative raises profound questions about the future of science education in the age of AI, including whether there should be a greater role for the humanities and social sciences.'

An important read. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4rd7II4

‘Out of touch’ peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights Trade union leaders and senior Labour figures say the Lords looks ‘undemocratic and firmly against the interest of working people’

Just disgusting to see these unelected, extremely wealthy, pompous relics voting against working class people.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I know where they’re coming from those struggling are easily convinced that things were better in the past by those peddling nostalgia and offering a sanitised version of history. When one’s down it’s easy to not look beyond the hurt. But they must. They’re being played.

And Spain under Franco was a low wage economy. No extras, holidays spent at home, children dressed in hand me downs, child Labour (children as young as 6-7 working for food/board), etc. Read some history morons!

I always consider whether those saying “one lived better under Franco” are grandchildren of the former or the latter. If the former, they’re right. If they’re the grandchildren of working people they need to talk to older people more. Of course some are too afraid still to talk.

4/ in 1940s people died of hubger in the street, no state help
5/ Women had to ask for marital permission to work until 1975
6/ Free universal healthcare not available until 1986

But yes some people lived well stepping on their dead neighbours’ mass graves and exploiting poverty.