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This is thuggery from Trump and Vance, plain and simple. They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.

submitted 2 hours ago • 112 comments

Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

JUST RAISE A SINGLE GODDAMN TAX

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Funding defence with the money that the Home Office is allegedly going to return to FCDO any decade now. Not a serious government.

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

We're in 2019 European/local elections territory without without any for the unique circumstances that led us into that territory.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 New elections mailout! On the LAST SAFE POSTING DAY for ballots, Ben Pope, elected unopposed as Representative for Casualised Members (HE) to NEC, provides a report on UCU's annual Anticasualisation Conference which took place on Saturday 22 February. #UCU ucucommons.substack.com/p/introducin...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Outsourcing my GM role. My players are in for it now...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Absolutely beyond that during an apparent financial crisis Newcastle University management are spending money on an overseas vanity project.

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submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

hey we finally found those linguistic purity tests the enlightened centrists were always screeching about!

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

I guess they're hers now.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Here are my recommendations for UCU NEC, Officer and Trustee elections for 2024–25. Please do share these widely, and happy to talk further about these via email (through website) or DM here. hagenilda.wordpress.com/2025/02/02/v...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Jesus. Philly sacking harder and faster than the UK university sector right now.

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

the origin of the name Guybrush Threepwood is one of my favorite things in video games they didn’t have a name for the Monkey Island protagonist at the time so they saved the sprite as “guy” the file was a “brush” file in Deluxe Paint so the artist saved it as “guybrush.bbm” and, well, it stuck

submitted 19 days ago • 20 comments

Trump has clearly not spoken to a single Palestinian about this plan. Gaza is our land. Palestine is our home. Peace cannot come at the cost of our country. I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him. Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late.

submitted 23 days ago • 54 comments

It would take whoever is producing this show a matter of seconds to check Portes is correct, and say that in the presenters' ears. This absurd, defensive both-sidesism by the hosts is an abrogation of the BBC's responsibility (again).

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

LOL. Buffoons. Carrying water for the “AI” boosters.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

The UK mustn’t let Donald Trump bully us or our ally Canada. We need to work with our allies in Europe and around the world to stand up to him. The Prime Minister should invite Commonwealth leaders to London to discuss a joint response to Trump’s global trade war.

submitted 25 days ago • 52 comments

Sorry to come over all Tom Forth but it's definitely illustrative of SOMETHING that the BBC managed to produce an article about the possible closure of the main road between two core cities without feeling the need to mention the impact on either of those cities or the people who live there.

submitted 25 days ago • 10 comments

chip in, spread the word, it all adds up, lets help out if we can!

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

can we help elham? even a share is appreciated!

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

The sheer scale of this crisis cannot be understated. And virtually no mention of it by the government.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Vote Dyfrig for UCU VP! #campustradeunions #UCUelections I've been President of University of Cambridge UCU for the past 4 years, caseworker & senior caseworker for 10 years and a UCU NEC member, and I personally endorse @dyfrigjones.bsky.social for UCU VP! medium.com/@DyfrigJones...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Well, that lasted long. At least there is some good news coming out of the government. Strangely not getting quite the same amount of press coverage as the annoucement last week. www.linkedin.com/news/story/a...

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Wait, did Rachel Reeves just praise universities as part of her optimistic growth strategy? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Laughs in mirrhless pain 🤯

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

hello hello. i'm the journalist for the metro newspaper who wrote the below ! i'm keen to chat with any other trans, non-binary folks whose gps have shockingly withdrawn their healthcare. please do drop me a dm or email me: [email protected]. can be 100% anonymous

submitted 35 days ago • 11 comments

Look what arrived today! Can't wait to read it @tamarindlit.co.uk

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Attempting to create a human-free world.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

At least our government is dealing with this actual crisis in the university sector instead of appeasing right wing culture war grifters...oh wait nevermind.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

OpenAI o3 beats FrontierMath — because OpenAI funded the test and had access to the questions pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/20/o...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

No, they do not.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

I miss there being more than like four websites. Wish they'd make a comeback.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

What could possibly go wrong? No-one tell USS, they'll be right into this as fast as you can say 'future public inquiry written all over it'.

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

The UK Higher Education system is under existential threat with 10000 jobs at risk (according to estimates) and entire departments being closed, but at least there will be 'free speech'

submitted 44 days ago • 5 comments

i think there's a linguistic slip happening that's important to understanding the appeal of trump to voters- the anonymous banker doesn't get to say those things, hence not using his name in the article, but trump does, hence the vicarious fantasy. my point is it makes it all way more pathetic

submitted 45 days ago • 72 comments

So here's a curious thing, Jacob Rees-Mogg posted this teaser for his discussion on Rachel Reeves in China, with an image he attributed to Grek (I assume he meant Grok) & it has given her an exaggerated hook nose. I'd love to know how what it was in the wording or algorithm which accounts for that

submitted 45 days ago • 170 comments