Reposted by Deborah TonerGrumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 06/07/2026They are trying to force some universities into bankruptcy. Total madness. Remember - they have pledged more money to a privately owned theme park than they‘re going to spend on the teaching grant. 45834
Reposted by Deborah TonerDr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I am very glad to see how widely covered the insanity at Exeter is, but please I beg everyone, understand this is happening EVERYWHERE in UK universities. If people care about anything valuable that this sector does or contributes too, they need to get loud, now. 4180101
Reposted by Deborah TonerDr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Thanks to all sending messages of support as me and my colleagues in Humanities and Social Sciences at Exeter face being made redundant in September. I'll be back here once it's less hot & I can think. Please consider signing & sharing this petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... #EarlyModern 🗃️change.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 614170
Reposted by Deborah TonerSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Anti-fash counter-protests outnumber fash marches all the time and it would be cool if the press made a big deal about it. 01985515
Reposted by Deborah TonerBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/06/2026A statement from the family: “We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector, and we depend on them to make our country work. We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility.”theguardian.comDo not use our tragedy to fuel violence, family of Belfast attack victim sayRelatives of Stephen Ogilvie say unrest is unwelcome and that many migrants make valuable contribution to UK 4290112
Reposted by Deborah TonerRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Every day, a migrant saves someone's life in an operation, teaches a child, cleans a building, is a good neighbour or parent. That never leads the news. No gangs rush down streets thanking people who *might* be migrants. But as soon as an atrocity happens, all "migrants" are held responsible. 1/3 3490189
Reposted by Deborah TonerThomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 12/05/2026If anyone in government has a few minutes to run the country in between plotting leadership challenges, could they please cast their eye over the devastation of Higher Education in the UK. www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comThousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancyInstitution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts 2267132
Reposted by Deborah TonerPam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Don't forget that the deadline for the CFP for our next women and alcohol conference (Dangerous Pleasures) in Dublin is 13 January. Get your abstracts in asap. www.womenandalcohol.net/2024/10/cfp-... @drinkingstudies.bsky.social @dorotadias.bsky.social @lucycogan.bsky.socialwomenandalcohol.netCFP: “Women and Alcohol: Dangerous Pleasures?”Project: Between the drunken ‘mother of destruction’ and the sober ‘angel of the house’. 02014
Deborah Toner @deborahftoner.bsky.social · 09/11/2023For history lovers out there, here are my top 3 recommendations for things I read/listened to this year over on Shepherd: shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/...shepherd.comDeborah Toner's 3 favorite reads in 2023Deborah is an author, Professor, Alcohol historian, and Lover of all things Mexican. 010
Deborah Toner @deborahftoner.bsky.social · 08/11/2023Today I learned: give a man some chillies, he'll give you a bluesky code 🤣 250