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Saorfhlaith Burton

@drfloraposte.bsky.social

Lecturer at RGU; Ethnograper and sociologist. I write and research on hauntings, ghosts, graveyards, the wilderness, and other sundry death things.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · last yr.

The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?

Charlotte Lydia Riley@lottelydia.bsky.social · last yr.

amazing how the cyber attack on the British Library still means that all recently published work (and that's a definition that stretches back several years) is completely unavailable to researchers, since they only acquired ebooks and that system is still down

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · last yr.

They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30. “Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government” They are so afraid of us.

Full text April 3, 2025 Dr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders, including but not limited to: E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025), Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy; E.O. 14151 (Jan. 20, 2025), Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing; E.O. 14168 (Jan. 20, 2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government; and E.O. 14190 (Jan. 29, 2025), Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for the administration, and due to exceptional circumstances, adherence to the traditional notification process is not possible. Therefore, the NEH hereby terminates your grant in its entirety effective April 3, 2025.
Saorfhlaith Burton@drfloraposte.bsky.social · last yr.

Off to Newcastle Sociology today to host this event - with wonderful speakers including Les, @michaelacbenson.bsky.social, @katesang.bsky.social, Anoop Nayak, Alison Phipps, and @britsoci.bsky.social’s own Alison Danforth. #AcademicSky #Sociology

Les Back@academicdiary.bsky.social · last yr.

In Newcastle to speak at this the BSA event Coping, Thriving Progressing? What Happens After ‘Early Career’. www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... Also, going to do a ‘This Cultural Life’ conversation with the inimitable Miranda Iossifidis for the Sociology Seminar.

Kerri Andrews@kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · last yr.

I was made very welcome today at Topping & Co Edinburgh. *Sixty* copies of Pathfinding have now been signed, alongside quite a few copies of Wanderers. Pop in if you’re in the area and fancy an autographed first edition of my new book!

A large stack of cream purple and green books bearing the title Pathfinding
Aaron Sojourner@aaronsojourner.org · last yr.

Leadership from UC Berkeley. "...we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, & freedom of expression.... we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values."

Like many of you, we are gravely concerned about recent Federal government actions in regard to higher education. While we recognize that the government plays an important role in addressing discrimination and ensuring good stewardship of public resources, we see recent actions going beyond those purposes in ways that threaten core values: academic freedom, freedom of inquiry, and freedom of expression. We do not know what demands the Federal government may make of Berkeley, but do know that we will be steadfast and unrelenting in our efforts to defend those core values. A Berkeley without academic freedom, without freedom of inquiry, without freedom of expression is simply not Berkeley. We recognize that some of you may find our statement too timid or too bold or deficient in some other way. That’s okay—a key to Berkeley’s excellence is our diversity of opinion and perspective. Robust debate is essential to scholarly advance. The purpose of a university is not to present us with ideas with which we are comfortable. To borrow from Clark Kerr, it is to make us safe for ideas. We don’t know what will happen. In part because we don’t know what may be demanded of us and in part because we won’t be the only decision makers. But what we do know is that we will stand up for Berkeley’s values and defend them to the very best of our ability. For 157 years, through the education it provides and the research it produces, Berkeley has produced immense economic and societal benefit to its students, California, the nation, and the world; this societal jewel needs to be preserved and defended, and we will toil tirelessly to see that it is. Fiat Lux. Rich Lyons Chancellor Ben Hermalin Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost
Jenny Croft@jenniferlcroft.bsky.social · last yr.

Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:

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Kat@katriddell.bsky.social · last yr.

Me: *reading Wuthering Heights at age 10* Mum: I mean, at least she’s reading, what’s the worst that could happen Me: if it’s not necrophilia, it’s not true love!

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · last yr.

words I never imagined writing in my lifetime..... General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio: "I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"

Willow Catelyn Maclay@willowcatelyn.bsky.social · last yr.

I feel like David Lynch deserved more than 5 seconds of a montage, and Shelly DuVall deserved more than to be nearly cropped out of the frame, hovering above the orchestra, and Tony Todd deserved literally anything. I guess sometimes I wish the Oscars were a funeral to celebrate those lost.

Dundee UCU@ducuuo.bsky.social · last yr.

Week 2 of our industrial action to save jobs at the University of Dundee begins now. Come and join or visit our friendly picket line at the Tower Building, every day from 8am. Here’s what we have achieved in the first week.

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Lilly Irani@gleemie.bsky.social · last yr.

CBP is detaining german tourist for over 1 mo because they accused her of intending to tattoo for $$ while in US. In jailing her to deport, they held her in solitary for 9 days, also kept her from her return flight Feb 15. She's still jailed. CoreCivic+CBP ⬆️ 💵 www.kpbs.org/news/border-...

German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility

The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January.

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Mikel Jollett@mikeljollett.bsky.social · last yr.

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

Musa Okwonga@okwonga.bsky.social · last yr.

I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.

Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. The agony in his face…he looks overwhelmed with disbelief at the sheer cruelty.
Musa Okwonga@okwonga.bsky.social · last yr.

Zelenskyy went into that nest of vipers and roasted them all. Good. They all exposed themselves, they demeaned themselves in a way that was undeniable. Perfect.

David Frum@davidfrum.bsky.social · last yr.

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.