Sweary Librarian | Climate struggle is class struggle | she/they
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‘Biology is destiny actually’ getting enshrined in law is not a victory for feminism it’s a victory for the global backlash against it
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Imagine if we didn't Remember Them every year. We'd probably end up going to war again, or some crazy thing.
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Hey @UKLabour, when VCs keep telling you that 'staff cost' is a problem, would you mind getting them to articulate *which staff*? And whether all these Grade 7-8s are more of a hinder than a help? And what universities' mission is in the first place?
Oh yes, continuing the discovery journey, the 2 new FTEs in Estates and Facilities will be up to £130K each with market supplements. At this point, I expect to hear no more concern on behalf of Senior Management about financial pressures affecting pay budgets @qm_ucu
Chantal retweeted
Oh yes, continuing the discovery journey, the 2 new FTEs in Estates and Facilities will be up to £130K each with market supplements. At this point, I expect to hear no more concern on behalf of Senior Management about financial pressures affecting pay budgets @qm_ucu
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🧵Oxford & Cambridge UPs are going to sell YOUR research to Microsoft etc. to train large-scale language AIs. In the past I would have gotten all worked up about sharing this info with scholars & explaining what they can do. I don't care. Let me share why. tinyurl.com/2p8u4msk
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🚨 This is the gender critical movement in a nutshell.
Creepy divorced old men shouting at young women for bringing up real feminist issues and demanding they focus on the fake non-issues that drive their existence.
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We lost a generation of LGBT people because of government ideology around HIV/aids.
We lost a generation of LGBT people because of government ideology and section 28.
There are reasons we will never accept losing another generation of LGBT people due to government ideology.
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Having failed to delivery a higher vote share than Jeremy Corbyn in 2017, Kier Starmer must now resign
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The Greens have won 4 seats.
Reform have also won 4 seats.
Yet one party has had 90% more mainstream media coverage than the other.
Ask yourself why.
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Terrible situation at @GoldsmithsUoL. Please also look around & amplify the situation at all institutions where our colleagues are being affected, disciplines are being gutted, and sector and the future of HE being irreparably damaged. Solidarity and unity matter and are needed.
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NEW POST: My set of reading and listening recommendations from the past week, covering national political communities; representing capitalism; interpreting and mediating violence; queer identities and politics. Link to newsletter in my profile; all reposts much appreciated.
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Ok here's a concept: Wife Swap but with municipal budgets.
librarians get cop budgets for a year and we see what can be done
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To anyone who thinks Labour will be the lesser of two evils on Palestine: we are weeks away from the head of We Believe In Israel potentially becoming a minister of state. A Starmer govt will be significantly more ideological about perpetuating the genocide than a Sunak one.
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What do you call it when a bunch of white men in suits secretly plot against women of colour like @faizashaheen @HackneyAbbott - & made life hell for others such as @ApsanaBegumMP @zarahsultana in the ‘workplace’ so they can push their less qualified mates into jobs?
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Because I am losing my mind, I try to say these things to myself:
- this depravity is designed to break international solidarity, telling us there is nothing we can do so give up;
- the Palestinian people have not been defeated;
- every Empire falls;
Do everything you can.
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Universities are private equity firms that maybe teach classes. He is right: this is the core business model of the university. Asking them to divest from unethical (but profitable) assets is unthinkable. And that's the core problem, which the protests are now publicly revealing.
University of Melbourne Deputy Vice Chancellor Michael Wesley says if the university agreed to stop working with weapons manufacturers, next thing they will be asked to stop working with fossil fuel companies…is this the winning argument he thinks it is? #UniMelb #FreePalestine
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Queen Mary Students have just set up an encampment in solidarity with Palestine.
More details to follow...
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There's something extremely sick about a person plugging his book about growing up on benefits while saying kids in the same position today can fuck off and eat dirt.
Unseat Wes Streeting. Unseat the whole fucking Labour Party.
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