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Historian of protest, political movements and public space. Preorder my new book, Contested Commons: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons Croydon/Rochdale UCU rep Rural modernism on Insta. 🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ ally. She/her
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When Universities are mismanaged or run into financial issues, it's always the staff and NEVER the management who lose their jobs. On the contrary, they get above-inflation pay rises that are the equivalent to one or two of the full time jobs they cut. How and why do we let this happen?

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Hollingworth Lake chat on radmac

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I should have gone back up to Manc today to see them again.

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This is how I felt all yesterday

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Moved on to our favourite. Bilbao vibes on Surrey Street.

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Touring the scenic beer gardens of central Croydon

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I will argue that this is better than gazpacho

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Happy Summer Solstice 🌞 While the druids and Instagrammers head for Stonehenge, you’ll find us in…Milton Keynes! The astrologically inclined post-war new town has was reputedly designed “under a fog of marijuana smoke and Pink Floyd records”.

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Only acceptable food in this weather.

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In Croydon 's tropical beer garden

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Me too. Like being on holiday. Walking home from a gig or the pub on a balmy light evening is my favourite.

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Might buy this

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One thing you learn quickly as a UCU branch officer is not to take annual leave this time of year. Our busiest time....

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CYBERNETICA (1972)

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John Black, chair of the Housing Committee, was, in his own words, ‘not an idealist’ – his interest was ‘in seeking to achieve results, not some theory of government’. How the North Hull Estate became the country's first Housing Action Trust: municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-north-...

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Today is the first day since Monday that I feel well.

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Chaldon church is not too far from here. Good time to sit in it and contemplate the flames of Hell.

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The only thing to make in this heat for midsummer

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youtu.be/WAuHCUmUK8U?...

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I really really hope the safeguards and guardrails are good, because unless palliative care and financial support for end of life improves drastically, lots of people are going to find themselves making an unenviable choice.

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Slightly concerned that history article abstracts read like they're AI generated summaries.

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This

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Have I told you how much I love seeing Sparks live?

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Pure, genuine, absolute, bounteous, joy. We love you Ron and Russell.

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