Elsa Devienne

students are presenting on it next week as part of an animal history session, can't wait for their takes...

"llms can write social science articles better than professors now" BITCH I DONT CARE. i literally do not care because the point of people having fucking thoughts and doing research is PEOPLE HAVING THOUGHTS AND DOING RESEARCH. the point of the work is DOING THE FUCKING WORK.

new Mary Oliver poem just dropped

Unless those Americans are Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

If my karaoke event makes over £500 for withington pride tonight i am dedicating a song to him
It will be painful for all involved 😅

I'll miss them!

Matt Goodwin, a man so personally repellant he reversed the creeping wave of fascism sweeping the globe.

Can you believe I got approved for naturalisation *yesterday*, the day before the by-election in my constituency of Gorton/Denton!?
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Kids writing with chalk on pavement : vote green!

Vote Hannah Spencer tomorrow ! @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social

Kid with vote green sign at rally

It was so cool to see you, John. Vote green!

Five observations following from this experience:

1. There's so much at stake. I saw more Green than Reform signs up around Gorton & Denton, but the undecided voters I met reminded me that this is no sure thing. This by-election feels like a weathervane for the country as a whole.

I will ask!

@stephaniepalmer.bsky.social

description of event as found on https://baas.ac.uk/community/green-baas/2024-2025-green-baas-roundtable-series/

📆 Reminder that @officialbaas.bsky.social is holding an online roundtable next Fri 27 Feb on *Teaching Sustainability in American Studies*

👭 With S. Palmer (NottinghamTrent), R. Hermann (Cardiff), D. McLaughlin (UEA), yours truly+chaired by F. Hines

✏️ Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Number of academics working in the UK falls for first time Some universities reduce staff teams by more than a fifth after year of cutbacks and job losses, new data show

The number of academics working in UK institutions has fallen for the first time on record, new figures reveal. Patrick Jack reports #EduSky #AcademicSky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/number-academics-working-uk-falls-first-time

Yeah, US Olympians are woke. Deal with it. Sports have always been political — it's just a question of who's speaking out.

'At a moment when your government is rounding people up and building camps to concentrate them — and you know *everyone in the world knows it* — some ambivalence when you’re at an international competition is not just understandable but unavoidable." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Low Traffic Future (@lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social) Our vision is a world with clean air, safe streets, vibrant communities, a stable climate and healthy natural environment for future generations. Join us at http://lowtrafficfuture.org.uk

I just wrote a @ lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social letter: Demand a Better Plan for a Greater Manchester!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

Also this coming from the same guy who, at hustings last week, responded to my question about illegal levels of air pollution in the Gorton/Denton constituency being due to 'overpopulation'. Soooo it begs the question: are we overpopulated or not? 🙄

Coloured paper on a table, with pens spread around. A piece of red card has hearts drawn on it, and letter tiles spell out the words "Love your lungs".

Happy #ValentinesDay! We've been doing some crafting 😍 .

If you love your lungs, and are interested to know how dirty air affects them, then come along to our introduction to #AirPollution session on Tuesday 24th Feb at 8:15pm.

Book your free spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

Strong words, and angry penguins, from @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social. Find out more @bylinetimes.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @financialtimes.com @theguardian.com @danhollandnews.bsky.social @josephinecumbo.bsky.social @helendalby.bsky.social?

Sign the petition! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD
Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head,
But that’s not enough to make me want to stay in bed.
We’re saving pay and pen-sions,
So, raindrops keep fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’. ...

Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal! If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.  These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

swoon 😍

Should some L.A. beaches be a national park? It's being studied. Here's how you can weigh in The National Park Service is embarking on the Los Angeles Coastal Area Special Resource Study, focusing on the coastline and adjacent areas along Santa Monica Bay from Will Rogers State Beach to Torra...

Interestingly, in the 1930s, when some in LA were campaigning to buy back beaches for the public, they often compared them to the great national parks of the American West... Turns out, they could become one soon!

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

"We, as Western nations, must choose between becoming closed and impoverished societies, or open and prosperous ones." Pedro Sánchez in der @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

Event schedule

Don't miss hearing from John at an upcoming event:
22/1 @faneproductions.bsky.social (online)
29/1 @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social #Liverpool
6/2 House of Books & Friends #Manchester
22/3 @conwayhall.bsky.social #London
with more to be announced.
Information & tickets on our Events page (link in bio).

Screenshot of outlook copilot settings with option to turn it off

Oh thank god you can turn off copilot on outlook, it's been annoying me sooo much. I can't click on any link without having the 'summarise' option pestering me.

Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping. Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.