Today I've written for @labourlist.bsky.social on why working class communities deserve to see a bold plan from Labour on climate. Quite simply we all deserve to be safe and be protected. And there's quite a clear political case for the government too. labourlist.org/2026/08/work...

'Working class communities deserve a bold climate plan from Labour' - LabourList

Labour has always proudly protected, championed and supported working class communities and should do so once more when it comes to climate.

labourlist.org

"genuine neurodevelopmental disorder" and "social construct" are not antonyms and until we are able to get people to understand that "social construct" doesn't mean "fake" it whatever, we're doomed.

mcc@dryad.technology · last wk.

It was never going to stop at trans people.

"Lewisham has become the first council in the UK to refuse to assist Home Office immigration raids." — BBC Politics

Green-led Lewisham council will not assist in immigration raids

Lewisham has become the first council in the UK to refuse to assist Home Office immigration raids.

bbc.co.uk

Yesterday I heard about parents crowdfunding for air con in a local primary school. Looked it up, and of course loads of ptas have recently resorted to this funding mechanism. Alright for some…

Ann (she/her)@agvbergin.net · 3w ago

Aircon is a big deal in the UK because the places that need it most and don't have it -- hospitals, care homes, and schools -- currently have no funding mechanisms in place to make it happen.

ICYMI: Hanna Kuusela’s three-part Scholar in Residence lecture series is now available in full on our website: www.mpifg.de/1184468/audi...

Audios&Videos

Die Mitschnitte der MPIfG Lectures, Institutstagsbeiträge und weiterer Podcasts und Videos bieten umfassende Informationen zu wichtigen wissenschaftlichen Diskussionen.

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Hanna Kuusela@hannakuu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My scholar in residence lectures at @mpifg.bsky.social start tomorrow Tuesday. The title of the series is ”The Redistributive Ethos in Crisis: Three Imaginaries Dismantling the Welfare State” in which I try to analyse the decline of the Nordic welfare model. Chainsaws and scissors will be mentioned.

+++Save the Date+++ Melinda Cooper – Anachronism in Our Times Adorno-Vorlesungen 2026 18–20 November 2026, 6.30–8 pm Nov. 18: Patrimonial Capitalism Nov. 19: Fascism as Revolutionary Conservatism Nov. 20: Patriarchy Resurgent @goetheuni.bsky.social @suhrkamp.de @melindacooper.bsky.social

I don't get this. "We can end austerity and stick to fiscal rules without putting up taxes" is cakeism. Where's the alleged magic thinking in this combo?

New book! Out 15 Oct 'The Moralizing Corporation' w/ Grietje Baars, Joel Bakan, Bobby Banerjee, Alan Bradshaw, Andreas Chatzidakis, Robert Deakin, Sara Farris, Marianna Fotaki, Jo Littler, Martin Parker, Carl Rhodes, Lisa Ann Richey, Rohit Varman bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-moralizi...

The Moralizing Corporation

The Moralizing Corporation - The Rise and Fall of Corporate Carewashing; This interdisciplinary edited collection interrogates both the deceptions of contemporary corporate ‘carewashing’ and attacks o...

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

Today I learned that the great Wendy Liu aka @dellsystem.bsky.social has a regular column about AI industry billboards in SF in the @bayareacurrent.bsky.social. It's such a great way to examine these companies and AI culture in the valley and the Bay. I'll be reading them all now:

AI Slop Startups Like “Delve” Will Never Beat the Fraud Allegations

Tech Billboard Decoder: Buzzy San Francisco-based startup Delve promises ‘AI-native compliance’, turns out to be a house of cards

bayareacurrent.com

This article on indigeneity in popular British nature writing is now officially out in the latest issue of @theoryculturesociety.org There is some great campaiging work being done by the likes of @righttoroam.bsky.social. Here I address the nativism that it has to contend with.

Imagining ‘Our Ancestors’: Liberal Indigeneity and the Repudiation of Colonialism in Postimperial Britain - Ben Pitcher, 2026

This article examines imaginative connections to an indigenous ancestry in popular British nonfiction writing on nature, landscape, and environment. It coins th...

doi.org

now, is it now?

Suzanne Bold@suzannebold.bsky.social · 9mo ago

or CHAOS with tax the super rich

The dismal tide accelerates, sweeping from Coventry through Sheffield Hallam to London South Bank. 1/2

London South Bank to create ‘two track’ academic workforce

Staff to be divided into teaching and research roles, with new starters hired via subsidiary firm

timeshighereducation.com

This one's too easy if you have ever been a tax lawyer

CEO Johnny Cans@oldmatecans.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Good group chat question for the timeline. What is Evil You doing, right now? Evil You must be something you had the opportunity or pathway towards doing, but decided against for ethical, material or other reasons. I'd be a UK Labour MP.

April 1! Join me for the launch of my new report: “Financial Lives in a Networked Generation: How Finfluencers, Fin-Tech, and FOMO Shape Young Adults’ Financial Well-being” Register here: dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/fling-...

“Financial Lives in a Networked Generation: How Finfluencers, Fin-Tech, and FOMO Shape Young Adults' Financial Well-being” Report Launch - DTD Lab

dtdlab.virginia.edu

Love a [sic], it's so bitchy.

We’re advertising for someone with creative skills, media and communications knowledge, and data visualisation expertise to work on our historical project. It’s a part time post and we’re flexible about when and where.

Research Fellow (50073604) in Central London | University of Westminster

View details and apply for this Research Fellow (50073604) vacancy in Central London. This post is part-time, 14 hours per week and fixed term for 14 months. The salary stated above is the pro-r...

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It’s tomorrow! 🙌 And our report is now available in Spanish 🇪🇸 🥳 dx.doi.org/10.31009/com...

Rebecca Bramall@rfbramall.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us for an online seminar to celebrate the end of our project, Redistributive Imaginaries, and the launch of our report. 18.03.26 12.00-13.30 CET With @mrtzg.bsky.social, Mercè Oliva, Milana Čergić, John Clarke, @hannakuu.bsky.social & Eva Frade ema.uzh.ch/RXNMK

There's absolutely nothing to be gained in tinkering around the margins. We're not going to make that stuff better - we're not going to make Palantir a bit less evil by making sure the information governance works. We need different kinds of technologies, made by different kinds of people.

This is next week – we're looking forward to it! Online, free and open to all – booking link below.

Rebecca Bramall@rfbramall.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us for an online seminar to celebrate the end of our project, Redistributive Imaginaries, and the launch of our report. 18.03.26 12.00-13.30 CET With @mrtzg.bsky.social, Mercè Oliva, Milana Čergić, John Clarke, @hannakuu.bsky.social & Eva Frade ema.uzh.ch/RXNMK

Call for Papers: New Mergers of Feminism and Finance A one-day symposium at the London School of Economics 📅 8 May 2026 ⚠️ Submission deadline: 23 March 2026 Organised by former @ucl-ccs.bsky.social visiting fellows, Dr Rachel O’Neill & Dr Simidele Dosekun www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Call for Papers: New Mergers of Feminism and Finance

A one-day symposium at the London School of Economics, 8 May 2026. Submission deadline: 23 March 2026

ucl.ac.uk

This sounds excellent and necessary. Simi and Rachel gave a preview of their work at our @camri.bsky.social seminars last year, as did their keynote @rfbramall.bsky.social. Intrigued to find out what extensions and connections are being forged through this next step. Also "mergers" is very good.

UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network@ucl-gfrn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Call for Papers: New Mergers of Feminism and Finance A one-day symposium at the London School of Economics 📅 8 May 2026 ⚠️ Submission deadline: 23 March 2026 Organised by former @ucl-ccs.bsky.social visiting fellows, Dr Rachel O’Neill & Dr Simidele Dosekun www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

It’s been a pleasure working on this new piece for the LSE impact blog - in this we explore ‘neurodiversity’ tagged REF Impact Case Studies from 2014 and 2021 and think about what they mean for REF 2029’s emphasise on equality, diversity and inclusion.

LSE Impact@lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

💥New | As neurodiversity becomes more prominent in REF, is its meaning being lost? ✍️Claire Vincent, Clare Davis, @rosalie-warnock.bsky.social & @kbrickell.bsky.social #Neurodiversity #REF2029 #ResearchImpact

Five years of the Feminist Futures Programme! Thank you so much to everybody @autonomy-institute.bsky.social for half a decade of hard work. Lots coming up in 2026, too. Catch our selective retrospective here: autonomy.work/wp-content/u....

Coming up in just over 2 weeks 👀 Sign up and join us! 🤗

Rebecca Bramall@rfbramall.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us for an online seminar to celebrate the end of our project, Redistributive Imaginaries, and the launch of our report. 18.03.26 12.00-13.30 CET With @mrtzg.bsky.social, Mercè Oliva, Milana Čergić, John Clarke, @hannakuu.bsky.social & Eva Frade ema.uzh.ch/RXNMK

Another day, another scare story… Once again research from a Wealth Management firm—dutifully amplified by national newspapers— is encouraging lower taxes on the rich. Here’s 3 reasons why the in‑front‑of‑the‑paywall headline & synopsis (yet again) don’t match reality. 🧵1/11

Absolute shitshow. Lose-lose situation. No winners here.

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is causing despair in academe. (1) We were forced to close during Covid. We had no choice! (2) We're not service providers like a restaurant, we are institutions of state. (3) We did everything we could. (4) This will cripple current students' education. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's been nearly 6 years and I'm still jealous of the furlough. My sourdough skills are years behind where they could have been.

If you publish with us and you want us to feature your article or special issue there we’re taking pitches again…

Our slightly exhausted blog has woken up and is now updating www.journalofculturaleconomy.org

Friends! Please join me in London or online for my inaugural lecture in April. There will be wine and nibbles! You can heckle me from the back row! I've already promised some raunchy Zed from Zardoz references - other indecent shout-out requests may be considered. Booking via QR code.