Reposted by Chris LloydDr Jo Edge 🏴 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This University has just shut down all undergraduate Humanities degrees, including History, where we had some amazing modules on Black and African History for first years. 🤡 86125
Reposted by Chris LloydEmmy Waldman @emmywaldman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s pub day! newbooksnetwork.com/filial-lines @newbooksnetwork.bsky.socialnewbooksnetwork.comEmmy Waldman, "Filial Lines: Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, and Comics Form" (Cambridge UP, 2026) - New Books Network 031
Reposted by Chris LloydSiobhan "Shiv" Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Me: morning :D JK Rowling: *defending Blackface on twitter* 1405
Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026university rankings are meaningless. they are austerity (as @ncecire.bsky.social reminds us). even though my literature course has 100% (!) teaching satisfaction in the guardian guide and we are higher than famous competitors (29th!), we are being cut. no more literature at my uni (or other hums). 2131
Reposted by Chris LloydUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/09/2026UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY 011080
Reposted by Chris LloydSiân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I'm really excited to share the cover for my book "The Serial South: The Little Magazine in the U.S. South," which is coming out with University of Georgia Press in June 2027. I absolutely adore the cover - so chic!! 3249
Reposted by Chris LloydLeigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A real test now of the media's appetite for Cambridge professors and their ethics. 8684206
Reposted by Chris LloydM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Due to the unique way the BBC is funded by you we can have a man stand in the sea wearing a shirt harassing desperate people fleeing Afghanistan 582422680
Reposted by Chris LloydDiversifying and Decolonising the University @ddtupodcast.bsky.social · 10/02/2026In the new episode of the podcast, we talk to @ulises-mejias.bsky.social & @couldrynick.bsky.social about their book Data Grab! They talk the 'new colonialism of big tech' and much else. Listen wherever you get your shows, or here: zencastr.com/z/At7zGFhV Please subscribe, share, and get in touch! 056
Reposted by Chris LloydDiversifying and Decolonising the University @ddtupodcast.bsky.social · 28/07/2026New episode of the show out now! @siobhanbygate.bsky.social talks to Anneke Newman about disrupting colonial knowledges in Senegalese education and international development podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEp. 31: 'Whose Knowledge?' Education and International Development in Islamic West Africa (with Anneke Newman)Podcast Episode · Diversifying and Decolonising the University · July 28 · 31m 012
Reposted by Chris LloydDiversifying and Decolonising the University @ddtupodcast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026In the latest episode of Diversifying and Decolonising the University, Sara Downton talks to Ambimbola Abodunrin about his research into women of colour academics in STEM, as well as decolonial methods more broadly. Listen and subscribe now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... 011
Reposted by Chris LloydTarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Neutral in the culture war" 112155815322
Reposted by Chris LloydChris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton, trade unionist. 2628135
Reposted by Chris LloydYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/08/20261. AFM, the labor union representing professional musicians in North America, is paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who was a member of its Nashville Local 257 for 58 years. AFM says that for decades, Dolly consistently filed union contracts for her recording sessions, live gigs and tours. 51746500
Reposted by Chris LloydDr. Catherine Strickson @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Completely untenable to have someone who talks about a minority group like this in charge of anything, let alone being the final say in matters of equality and human rights 42911183
Reposted by Chris LloydNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Notable how a not-insignificant number of the signatories on the letters supporting a racist signed on to letters supporting anti-trans extremists in 2018 or are high-profile anti-trans extremists themselves, almost as if there’s a connection between ‘everything is gender’ and ‘everything is race’ 222504520
Reposted by Chris LloydRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Here’s the new letter defending Cofnas against “punishment for whistleblowing” (which is not why Ghent suspended him). This time around signatures from a disappointing number of academics from my old institution, London School of Economics johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...johnarmstrongmaths.comAs academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities. 1624737
Reposted by Chris LloydCarsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This an Israeli minister currently overseeing the building of public execution sites for Palestinians. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comIsrael’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging PalestiniansFar-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Jewish extremists 11610
Reposted by Chris LloydElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Just so everyone know this reviewer is a TERF 936755
Reposted by Chris LloydHolly Baleen @hollybaleen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026From Will Self of all people, an absolutely clinical deconstruction of Kathleen Stock. Nice to know that some writers can see through some of the GC crowd. 6358105
Reposted by Chris LloydCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026NEW: It was a digital lynching. And the media is never going to hold itself to account for the role it played in Jason Arday’s death. But there are things we can do. This is a practical guide based on my own experience. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...broligarchy.substack.comA Digital LynchingA practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather 411999914
Reposted by Chris LloydNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Missed Stock saying autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia are ‘intellectual disabilities’ (???) making people ‘unsuited’ for academia. Okay, what. But did she ever talk to any of her colleagues, or did she sprint to her car after her lectures on how we know what a text means by asking the author? 3946696
Reposted by Chris LloydProf. Catriona Pennell @teachlearnwar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 032
Reposted by Chris LloydAshley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · 13/08/2026This results day I'm thinking about how much of the university sector is on its knees, and how this situation was engineered by an obsessive need to turn HE into a market-based race to the bottom. Fees are one thing, but little discussed is the impact of eliminating the student caps in 2014. 2485
Reposted by Chris LloydOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comIsrael deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters sayEmergency services, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops 24030
Reposted by Chris LloydSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 11/08/2026Dear cis people, Please, for the love of G-d, stop using the terms "biological male" and "biological female." They're scientifically meaningless. Sex is a bimodal cluster categorization. The brain is biological, no? There is no one factor that's universally determinative of sex and gender. 332339640
Reposted by Chris LloydCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff! 251640391
Reposted by Chris LloydXavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Body Horror is out today in the UK (and I believe already out in the US and other countries)! The code CUP20 gets you 20% off when purchasing the book directly from @ColumbiaUP. I’d be really grateful for any reposts or help with promotion! 🪰🧪🩸 #horror #bodyhorror cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho... 17741
Reposted by Chris LloydRemi Kalir @remikalir.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This was an absolutely delightful conversation, thanks Chris for inviting me to join Books Up Close. A pleasure discussing “Re/Marks on Power” and my love of #annotation. Have a listen! 011
Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026New episode of Books Up Close with @remikalir.bsky.social! Listen to us talk about his book Re/marks from @mitpress.bsky.social! We discuss annotation and close reading - of books, border walls, statues, and the world around us! Subscribe wherever you get podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e... 081
Reposted by Chris LloydIs This Hell? 🏳️🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026He used the White House Press Corps as a decoy in hopes they would all be killed, which is a very funny thing to force the corporate media to pretend did not happen 213933
Reposted by Chris LloydGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The Jason Arday story is by no means the biggest scandal at Cambridge University. I'm sure the media is going to pick this up and run with it in just the same way ... Or is the exaggerated CV of one Black professor somehow more important than this? 241183499
Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I think DSA’s @meganromer.bsky.social was great on New Yorker podcast, even against David Remnick’s relentless questioning style. Amazing how hard he goes on the left versus the right. 010
Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026We told you from the start that transphobia goes hand-in-hand with every other system of domination. Kathleen is as heinous as ever. Stop giving this woman a platform 0101
Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026New episode with Kieran Yates talking about her book All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In 💙@simonschusteruk.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e... 030
Reposted by Chris LloydMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Creative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2timeshighereducation.comArts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cutsUniversity for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero 56458
Chris Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026“Be a good boy for Jesus” is not what I expected to hear on Market st this weekend 090
Reposted by Chris LloydZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Very disappointing from the new Prime Minister, very much sounding like the previous PM. These are among the world’s most vulnerable and desparate people. They need safe routes and humanity from responsible politicians, not grandstanding. This isn’t doing politics differently. 59690125
Reposted by Chris Lloydchira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 01/08/2026if you think using an LLM is better than a standard search engine or a trip to the library I genuinely think you're too stupid to know you're stupid also you're proofreading something that's causing climate collapse. are the data centers stealing water and making noise torture really worth it? 226976
Reposted by Chris LloydJohnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come. 3845112172