Reposted by Amya AgarwalContexts Magazine @contexts.org · 29/09/2026🔥Hot off the press!🔥 What political work is done when a president posts himself as Superman? Trump’s AI memes turn dissent into disorder and domination into leadership. Tristan Bridges and James Messerschmidt show how humor makes autocratic power feel ordinary. ➡️ doi.org/10.1177/1536... 097
Reposted by Amya AgarwalAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 23hCatastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo... 36870272
Reposted by Amya AgarwalMillennium: Journal of International Studies @millennjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026💡 Does the way we write shape what we know? Beauchamps (2021) argues yes: how we write, and in what form, whether academic or more creative, shapes how knowledge is produced and even our relationship with our own research. 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comDoing Academia Differently: Loosening the Boundaries of Our Disciplining Writing Practices - Marie Beauchamps, 2021In this article, I explore questions of pedagogy and knowledge-writing practices in their relation to knowledge production. Starting from the observation that d... 031
Reposted by Amya AgarwalRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026this foreword could have been a blurb 7281
Reposted by Amya AgarwalDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets. 132502832
Reposted by Amya AgarwalCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A lot of things are shit right now, but recently a friend lost his guitar on the subway and a music producer found it, posted on Insta, and with the help of the internet tracked him down and RETURNED IT! Sometimes, the world is still a lovely place and people are still kind. 🥰🎸 8108989
Reposted by Amya AgarwalPriyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cash for professorships 074
Reposted by Amya AgarwalCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026finding and trying to establish a real connection btwn my work and audiences has been a part of my job since early web2 times. but i have always noticed that, when my irl community feels strong/supportive i have so little pull to post/social. but whenever i feel more alone social has a pull. fwiw 415013
Reposted by Amya AgarwalGav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026what else is there to say other than, jfc 143
Reposted by Amya AgarwalMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026'University students have raised concerns over the software used to submit assignments and check them for plagiarism, amid fears their work could be used to train tools which use artificial intelligence.'bbc.co.ukYork Uni students' fears over Turnitin essay-checker AI planStudents are "scared" about proposals which could see their work used to train AI, their union says. 910251
Reposted by Amya AgarwalSteve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's the Astronomical Autumn Equinox, and the colours are changing fast. 320918
Reposted by Amya AgarwalKevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026This is a great rant and indicates the degree of alarm felt by journal editors who do not have the resources at present to deal with industrial scale fraud: www.markkoyama.com/p/the-new-ag...markkoyama.comThe New Age of Academic FraudOr the Ottoman Election that Never was 53722
Reposted by Amya AgarwalThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026Stop the Ofsted inspections that are harming teachers | Letterstheguardian.comStop the Ofsted inspections that are harming teachers | LettersLetters: Readers on the new grading regime that is causing more stress and health issues for school staff than ever before 0226
Reposted by Amya AgarwalLisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is delightful. 061
Reposted by Amya AgarwalMarco Perale @mperale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/five-we... 90 courses to be closed at Edinburgh, most in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, incl. Portuguese, Persian studies, and apparently Medieval History. 1,800 job losses estimated. The University has confirmed there is no financial deficit.ucuedinburgh.org.ukFive-week strike at Edinburgh University at start of new academic term — UCU EdinburghUCU SCOTLAND PRESS RELEASE 11:00 AM Thursday 17 September 2026 Members of the University and College Union (UCU) Scotland at Edinburgh University will strike for 25 days over five weeks from 2... 01914
Reposted by Amya AgarwalDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Years of discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community, continuing homophobia and transphobia, all coupled with ageism. Older LGBTQIA+ facing ongoing discrimination/ stereotyping/judgment. Things were meant to be better by now. Instead they just seem to go backwards. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 17027
Reposted by Amya AgarwalR. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026bell hooks trilogy is so precious! Teaching Critical thinking Teaching Community Teaching to Transgress 1143
Reposted by Amya AgarwalWildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster): This is a small passerine bird native to southeastern Australia. Photo taken by Nikki Long, Tasmania, Australia. #robin #pinkrobin #australia #bird #wildlife #pink 764080584
Reposted by Amya AgarwalFeminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I just checked and there are a couple of resale tickets available if you want to join us tonight xx 154
Reposted by Amya AgarwalOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 14/09/2026JOB. York University Humanities Department Asst. Professor, Indigenous Women and Cultures of Resistance, Dept. of Humanities www.academicwork.ca/jobs/asst-pr...academicwork.caAsst. Professor, Indigenous Women and Cultures of Resistance, Dept. of Humanities 02225
Reposted by Amya AgarwalSix Eyes Stitches @sixeyesstitches.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Grief is not linear #handembroidery #artquotes 533311249
Reposted by Amya AgarwalEmiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...thebureauinvestigates.comGovernment makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year 8235155
Reposted by Amya AgarwalMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026'A “larger, fewer grants” model that concentrates research on established UK institutions would be a “huge mistake” and could risk hampering Andy Burnham’s ambition to drive prosperity across the nation, academics have warned.' Not to mention its impact of researchers who are female and/or black.timeshighereducation.com‘Larger, fewer grants’ could harm Burnham’s regional agendaChanges to grant system suggested by Chris McDonald could ‘mistakenly’ further concentrate funding in the golden triangle, academics warn 38337
Reposted by Amya AgarwalChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes 4458147
Reposted by Amya AgarwalDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not. Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss 2234811350
Reposted by Amya AgarwalBradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Finished reading "The Beginning Comes After the End" by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. A framing of the current moment as the transition from one civilization to the next, prioritizing inclusion, interconnection, & collective resistance to authoritarianism & hierarchical systems of control. Powerful. 217731
Reposted by Amya AgarwalJamie J. Hagen @jamiejhagen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I am pleased to share that Emma Spruce (University of Liverpool) and I are organizing a Queer Methods in the Social Sciences Workshop Series with @methodsmcr.bsky.social this fall. We hope you can join us! NWSSDTP students are especially encouraged to attend. Limited travel bursaries available. 042
Reposted by Amya AgarwalLisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“today we remember them all. Tomorrow, fueled by that remembrance, we finally abolish the War on Terror” Thank you @attackerman.bsky.social www.forever-wars.com/today-we-mus...forever-wars.comToday We Must Finally Remember What The 9/11 Commemorations IgnoreRighteous victimhood fueled the War on Terror. 25 years later, we also have to remember all of those slain under its banner 033
Reposted by Amya AgarwalLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/09/2026‘The headmaster of Nuwakot’s oldest school made a quick decision to evacuate that saved the lives of nine hundred students and staff. Fourteen minutes after a teacher received a warning phone call from relatives upstream, the floodwaters arrived.’ On Nepal’s floods: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...lrb.co.ukShubhanga Pandey | After the BishyariNot long after 8.30 a.m. on 26 August, a mass of rock and ice, more than six hundred metres wide, broke off the face of... 082
Reposted by Amya AgarwalAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026every editor is always right about the italics being unnecessary, and I know this, yet I still send them the italics because I haven't internalized the lesson 2181
Reposted by Amya Agarwalelisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#SanskritJobs #Buddhism Perhaps @cmalcolmkeating.bsky.social or @jamesabenn.bsky.social might know interested candidates? www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...timeshighereducation.comTenure-Track Professorship in Buddhist Studies - Vienna (Landbezirke) (AT) job with UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA | 413639The Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna invites applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship ... 125
Reposted by Amya AgarwalRe-(E)MBody @re-embody.bsky.social · 08/09/2026More than 100 years after the First World War, soldiers are still found, identified, and returned to history. In this article, @eliseferon.bsky.social explores how the disappearance and reappearance of the war's missing shapes memory, remembrance, and the present journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comReconciliation without closure: The long-term legacies of disappearances after the First World War - Élise Féron, 2026This article examines how the embodied and material consequences of violent conflict shape long-term processes of post-war reconciliation and closure. Wars subj... 043
Reposted by Amya AgarwalScott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.theguardian.comRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newslettersExclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism 2319251222
Reposted by Amya AgarwalAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026JFC, the Telegraph description reads: "Fresh from their 'stop the boats' demonstration in Dover on Saturday, masked protesters board a train as three female passengers, unconnected with the men, look on." And the title is - I kid you not - "Race for the train". AREN'T MASKED RACIST MILITIAS FUN? 76620201
Reposted by Amya AgarwalNicole Deitelhoff @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026In 20 Min geht es los! Wir diskutieren jetzt schon…. 0207
Reposted by Amya AgarwalChris Mabbs @chrismabbs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is happening in Sheffield this Friday! www.skiddle.com/whats-on/She... 032
Amya Agarwal @agarwalamya.bsky.social · 07/09/202610 years wow! I watched it just a few months back and absolutely enjoyed it for its adorable awkward parts and everyday (very real) parenting madness! Found bits quite relatable as a solo parent. Brilliant acting too. Highly recommend it..though didn’t find Amandaland as good as this one. 000
Reposted by Amya AgarwalArnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg @abi-freiburg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026⏰ Reminder! Call for Contributions: Technology, conflict and coloniality Apply until September 15 and contribute to our Virtual #Encyclopedia! Find all info below, we are looking forward to your ideas ⬇️ @postcolh.bsky.social, MECAM & Forum Transregionale Studien 023
Reposted by Amya AgarwalAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Whilst I appreciate that misinformation is inherently bad, I feel it’s important for anyone commenting not to give the impression that burning down a building would‘ve been legitimate if it had in fact been designated for asylum seekers 14013
Reposted by Amya AgarwalAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Legitimate concerns update 22920
Reposted by Amya AgarwalPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026When I lived in the UK none of my concerns e.g. affordable housing, climate action, increases in welfare spending, scrapping tuition fees, an ethical foreign policy, were ever framed as legitimate concerns. lnstead I was routinely told to fuck off by most political parties for having such concerns. 201782454
Reposted by Amya Agarwalfavabean1.bsky.social @favabean1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Dont do it Germany. Please. The US is a big enough problem. 161
Reposted by Amya AgarwalNow Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Jo Peel's art will be familiar to most people living and working in Sheffield, with large murals featuring themes of urban decay and renewal. We got word Jo is leaving Sheffield later this year, so snapped up the chance to feature her and her work one last time before she makes the move down south.nowthenmagazine.comJo Peel - "I get sent pictures of cranes by friends when they’re on holiday!"We catch up with the famed Sheffield visual artist before she moves down south, reflecting on her working history in the city and what's still in store for her practice. 062
Reposted by Amya AgarwalMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Nepal flash flood; a climate warning from the roof of the world” by Peter Sagar for @northeastbylines.co.uk: northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...northeastbylines.co.ukNepal flash flood; a climate warning from the roof of the worldAs well as the flood in Nepal and Tibet there have been record high temperatures and a record drought on the European continent 9283142
Reposted by Amya AgarwalLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Why humans can be so moved by the power and personalities of trees. lithub.com/landscapes-t...lithub.comLandscapes That Tell Stories: On the Power and Personality of TreesEarly last summer I happened to observe the huge landslide site in Oyarei, Shizuoka prefecture, known as Oya-kuzure. I was shocked to see its effects. When I found out that the Abe river, whose sou… 0194
Amya Agarwal @agarwalamya.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Reliving this epic stuff - the rice truck saga ✨🙌🏾 000
Reposted by Amya AgarwalElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116803320
Reposted by Amya AgarwalGemma Bird @gemmabird.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As part of our University of Sanctuary work we are very excited to welcome award winning journalist @sallyhayd.bsky.social to the @liverpooluni.bsky.social to discuss her new book This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World with Dr Seán Columb www.liverpool.ac.uk/events/event...liverpool.ac.ukIn conversation with award-winning international correspondent, Sally HaydenDoors: 5.45pm Event: 6.00pm Drinks Reception: 7.15pm-8.00pm This is a free event with limited capacity; early booking is advised. Hosted by Dr Seán Columb from School of Law and Social Justice, a... 074