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Dextro @dextromusic.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It was a pleasure to play a small part in Me Lost Me’s amazing new album. Check out the new stellar track ‘Compromise’, out today via Upset The Rhythm. 💫

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

New research article on the Grangemouth oil refinery closure! @riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I have written for Journal of the British Academy on what the Grangemouth closure reveals about the failings of just transition planning in Scotland and the UK. Read in full🔽

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The Grangemouth oil refinery closure: lessons for ‘just transition’ governance

In November 2023, Petroineos announced the closure of Scotland’s only oil refinery at Grangemouth by 2025 Grangemouth is widely perceived as a ‘litmus test’ for the Scottish Government’s commitment t...

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pigsx7.bsky.social @pigsx7.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We've only gone and collaborated with @el-p.bsky.social from Run The Jewels on our new single! Didn't see that coming. Get listening www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBu...

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Glib Tongued (Feat: El-P)

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Ewan Mackenzie @ewanmackenzie.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Now cancelled due to proposed @newcastleucu.bsky.social strike action over the impact of huge cuts across Newcastle University. Stay tuned for an alternative 'teach-out' event on cultural work/labour should the strike action go ahead. 💪

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Around 400,000 people work in universities across the UK, and more then 200,000 of them are academics. The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.

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Ewan Mackenzie @ewanmackenzie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Shall be talking about my research at this event on cultural work/labour (12/03/25, Newcastle Uni) in support of a visit from the esteemed Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social (University of Manchester) + Harry Weeks (Lecturer in Art History, Newcastle Uni) forms.office.com/e/b3KxUe9hvb...

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UCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

docs.google.com/document/d/e... Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP

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Open Letter: Save Higher Education – A Call for Urgent Action Higher Education is in Crisis

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Heather Mew @heathermew.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Hello! I’m a freelance researcher and transcriber, with a particular interest in social class, participatory research methods, using lived experience within policy making, and UK employment rights. I’m on the lookout for new work in 2025, and can be contacted at mewtranscription@gmail.com

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Ewan Mackenzie @ewanmackenzie.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Given that the abuse of power in TV/media workplaces is back in the news again today, here's a reminder of an article I wrote for @theconversation.com. This piece draws from my ongoing research on 'hope labour' and power relations in creative/cultural work. theconversation.com/you-have-to-...

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‘You have to be everybody’s best friend’: how dreams and desires leave TV and film crew vulnerable to workplace exploitation

‘Hope labour’ leaves people working in creative industries open to exploitation as they try to develop their careers.

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Owain Smolović Jones @osmoj.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Sobering reading from Amnesty International’s comprehensive research today. I hope the UK Government finally starts to take substantial action www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...

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‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza

We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

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Ewan Mackenzie @ewanmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Very insightful read for anyone interested in, or researching, cultural/creative work. Thanks to @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @orianbrook.bsky.social and @markrt.bsky.social 🙏

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored. The talks are MEANT to fail.

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Ewan Mackenzie @ewanmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Recently did this in my Dextro incarnation, for those interested.

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