Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

The bonfire of the humanities

150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences

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🚨🚨 MEMBERS MEETING TODAY AT 2PM 🚨🚨 We did it last week; we need to do it again today! Join our meeting (you will have a Teams invite in your inbox) this afternoon. This meeting is vital for getting our local industrial action mandate. The biggest weapon we have against these cuts. #DefendExeterUni

Hey Bluesky crowd! You also should be signing our petition opposing the announced redundancies at the University of Exeter. 📢 We're 17k and growing! Redundancies ARE NOT necessary and we must #DefendExeterUni 🩷 c.org/RFqMvrKb6z

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We're on Bluesky now! 🦋 Follow us here for updates, we're just getting started. @ucu.org.uk @exetergreens.bsky.social @exeterlabour.bsky.social Here are our six key messages:

is this heat stroke or shock ask hundreds of University of Exeter employees this evening

Dr Laura Sangha@lsangha.bsky.social · last mo.

Along with almost all of my colleagues in history, this afternoon I got an email telling me that I am at risk of redundancy. It looks like the University of Exeter sent this email to the vast majority of people in Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty. Bit hard to breath right now.

Exeter Green Party stands in solidarity with the Exeter University and College Union in condemning the University of Exeter’s announcement of sweeping job cuts. These plans will recklessly imperil the University’s vital contributions to the social, cultural, and economic life of the city. 1/4

One cool thing about unequivocally hating AI is that you will be proven right over and over again every single day

@bexxxie.bsky.social and i published a new article at the start of this year! in this article we discuss how content moderation becomes defacto worker management in the webcamming industry 📄 it highlights how creator labour is shaped by content guidelines www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Content moderation as worker management: digital labour on erotic webcam platforms

This paper examines how content moderation operates as de facto labour management on digital platforms. Through a case study of webcam platforms, where the service provided and monetized constitute...

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I was glad to present on a panel with @hannems.bsky.social and @rosadluxe.bsky.social for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers at St Anne's Church in Soho earlier, with excellent audience engagement, a collaborative event to challenge the harms of criminalisation and stigmatisation.

Calling all Londoners 📣📣 Catch our very own @rosadluxe.bsky.social at this event next week👇

CrAIC Launch Workshop is a success! 🌟 Our two-day event @exeter.ac.uk was packed full of great presentations and conversations. We're really excited to build on the connections made, grow our network, and push forward this research in Critical AI together. Quick wrap up of the sessions in thread 🧵

My department is hiring a full-time and permanent(!) Lecturer in Media and PR!! ✨ The team you'd be joining is inspiring, energetic, and incredibly supportive. If you have any questions about what it's like working at the University of Exeter, feel free to reach out! tinyurl.com/4bhbmntw

Lecturer in Media and Public Relations (Education and Research) at University of Exeter

Apply for the Lecturer in Media and Public Relations (Education and Research) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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👋 What's the CrAIC? Come find out what we have been up to in critical AI studies at our launch event, featuring a lineup of stellar speakers, on Wednesday 8th October (University of Exeter / hybrid). Register at the link!

Earlier this week @emilijajok.bsky.social @bexxxie.bsky.social and I launched our report 'Webcam work: Policies, Practices and Platforms' to over 60 industry insiders: from platform representatives, industry lawyers, and performers to academics and other experts. Read it here: plexxxi.org/report/

Emilija Jokubauskaitė@emilijajok.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Excited to see our report "Webcam work: Policies, practices and platforms" spread its wings and find a life of its own! Hopefully, it will be a fruitful one. Read it at plexxxi.org/report, spread the word, and reach out to me, @hannems.bsky.social or @bexxxie.bsky.social with any feedback.

This is today! And it's not too late to still register here: tinyurl.com/5dsjwews

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Report Launch: Webcam Work: Policies, Practices and Platforms. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

This comprehensive report draws from our four years of extensive research on webcamming and offers key insights into working conditions, regulatory frameworks, and platform operations. We will also pr...

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Hanne Stegeman@hannems.bsky.social · 11mo ago

You can now register for the launch of our report: tinyurl.com/5dsjwews ✨ Come along to hear findings and recommendations on webcamming work! With brilliant discussants @alisonboden.bsky.social and Madelaine Thomas!

The registration link to our report launch is now up: tinyurl.com/5dsjwews Join to hear about the findings from our research and the discussion by Alison Boden of @fsc.bsky.social and Madelaine Thomas, the founder of @imageangel.bsky.social The report will be available right after the launch

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Report Launch: Webcam Work: Policies, Practices and Platforms. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

This comprehensive report draws from our four years of extensive research on webcamming and offers key insights into working conditions, regulatory frameworks, and platform operations. We will also pr...

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Hanne Stegeman@hannems.bsky.social · last yr.

🗓️🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨🗓️ Sept 9th at 5:00 PM CET / 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST (45 minutes) Report launch "Webcam Work: Policies, Practices and Platforms" which outlines recommendations for platforms & policymakers - drawn from extensive research by @emilijajok.bsky.social, @bexxxie.bsky.social & myself!

You can now register for the launch of our report: tinyurl.com/5dsjwews ✨ Come along to hear findings and recommendations on webcamming work! With brilliant discussants @alisonboden.bsky.social and Madelaine Thomas!

Hanne Stegeman@hannems.bsky.social · last yr.

🗓️🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨🗓️ Sept 9th at 5:00 PM CET / 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST (45 minutes) Report launch "Webcam Work: Policies, Practices and Platforms" which outlines recommendations for platforms & policymakers - drawn from extensive research by @emilijajok.bsky.social, @bexxxie.bsky.social & myself!

🗓️🚨SAVE THE DATE🚨🗓️ Sept 9th at 5:00 PM CET / 11:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM PST (45 minutes) Report launch "Webcam Work: Policies, Practices and Platforms" which outlines recommendations for platforms & policymakers - drawn from extensive research by @emilijajok.bsky.social, @bexxxie.bsky.social & myself!

Tech companies only have five ideas: robot slave (actually just human slaves), hallucinatory counter-reality, untaxable money, The Everything App, and Clippy

I really appreciate this piece by @myrannosaurus.bsky.social on Sweden’s OF ban. It’s worth a read!! Here’s the English translation of the article arbetet-se.translate.goog/2025/05/19/s...

Sexarbetare straffas när Strömmer förbjuder OnlyFans

Den nya sexualbrottslagen är inte klok, tycker kulturskribenten.

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the swedish parliament accepted legislation to expand client criminalisation to digital sex work. this legislation will harm sex workers. it will expand digital surveillance, negatively impact livelihoods, and restrict access to services and community. www.thelocal.se/20250521/don...

Don't send nudes: Sweden bans buying online sexual services

The Swedish parliament has voted through a new law criminalising the purchase of custom-made porn videos via sites such as OnlyFans.

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New article from Hanne Stegeman & I: "Locating online labour: the salience of the national scale in remote digital work" (Environment & Planning A) We theorise nation-scale cultural & infrastructural norms & practices as still constitutive of online-only work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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last week i officially joined @uniofexetercomms.bsky.social as a lecturer. i'm so happy to join this inspiring, brilliant and supportive team! ✨💓

Watched the Oscars and confused about Sean Baker & Mikey Madison shouting out “the sex worker community”? Here’s an explanation, from actual sex workers 🧵 (Plus, what you won’t learn from Anora but ought to know)

today is the last day i have access to my institutional university of amsterdam email address, if you need to reach me but don't have any other contacts for me, please send me an email/message today so i can let you know new contact details! (will have very exciting new institutional email soon!)

'You’re likely to come across videos of people discussing porn as a threat to public health. Certainly, not in those words (although sometimes directly so), but more ubiquitously in the form of people drawing conclusions between porn use and some kind of “dysfunction.” tryst.link/blog/porn...

Porn Didn't Hurt You, Patriarchy Did

What is the issue with partnered men watching porn? Raquel Savage explores porn addiction through a sex work lens.

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