Emma Parkinson

Oooh, ta. I’m endlessly fascinated by Coventry. The lofty ambition, the particular impact of austerity on “designed” spaces, the aim to link the past and future with unchanged Medieval street layouts, the blight of that sodding Ikea…

Your seagull is definitely classier than our pigeons - we have a “smart” building with a window malfunction, and in one particular classroom the first job on many mornings is to chase the pigeons out.

Well said.

This year I hit, “Definitely older than the parents at graduation” stage, and it is _weird_.

Two thirds arrested at protest involved in domestic abuse reports Avon and Somerset Police confirmed the statistics following an FOI request

You forgot “very violent”: www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Thank you. I look forward to reading this.

As someone on their prof doc journey at the moment, I can’t tell you how loudly this speaks to me. I’m trying so hard to express this in my work while repeatedly coming up against challenge that I’m “overthinking”.

"Women are not physically inferior
versions of men, and our function is not one of broodmares. We repudiate the
equation of women with reproductive function as profoundly misogynistic." UCU women members not messing about in their response to the Supreme Court ruling.

www.ucu.org.uk/media/15028/...

Please share!

“More gruel with your CocoPops, children?”

This your “thousands”?

It’s baffling. I’m on the counter demo. One of the folks at the front of the other side has a “Lest we forget” flag - but appear to have forgotten what it is those folks died for.

Fascists 0: Birmingham 1.

Same.

In the current context, that’s damn good work.

When/if the end of days comes, it doesn’t matter what they believe in… that won’t save you… it’s more about what believes in them…

Have you seen the new UK Resilience Framework approach? It’s going to take a long time to make real, but for the first time we’re starting to take mitigation and the resolution of chronic risk more seriously as a genuinely integrated approach.

Trading you some Coventry croci.

@disastersdecon.bsky.social are back! Season 10 is starting this week, when @vonmeding.bsky.social & I will be joined by our friends @jcgaillard.bsky.social & @ajfaas.bsky.social😍
You can watch the livestream on our YouTube Channel & on our Facebook page.

That’s a gloriously apocalyptic sky. Very current mood.

This is a good shout.

Close-up of a piece of dilapidated wooden agricultural machinery.

A piece of dilapidated wooden agricultural machinery.

A piece of dilapidated wooden agricultural machinery.

@themerl.bsky.social Hello MERL - a friend found this amazing contraption on a walk and we’d love to know what it is. Do you have any ideas?

Our website on mutual aid groups has a huge amount of resources:
- lessons from activists
- stories of community solidarity
- mutual aid toolbox
and more

www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro...

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Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘

Will be waiting when you’re ready. X

U.S. scientists say their work is under attack. Here's what that means for Canada | CBC News Some U.S. government scientists have been told they can no longer travel for meetings or even join virtual calls with international counterparts, putting a hold on Canadian research and sending a deep...

“Emails with international counterparts that are scientific in nature and involve the exchange of scientific data must also be submitted for review.” Yeah, that’s gonna be a problem. 🧪

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

I’d like to assure Ms B that between Ofsted, course audits, plans for six intakes a year, marking, suicide watch and re-writing my own course so that it can be taught by a frigging robot, current HE professionals don’t have time to piss and make tea on the same day, much less poison young minds.

At least 18 people die in crowd crush at Delhi railway station Rush broke out as travellers scrambled to board trains in India’s capital to go to world’s largest religious gathering

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Ah, a chap singing Jump Around in Gaelic. Very bouncy :-)

Well here’s something else for you to try… www.facebook.com/share/r/1B2N...